Last updated November 2026
St Andrew’s School is a state, co-educational full primary school for Years 1 to 8 at 21 Blue Cliffs Road, St Andrews. It opened in 1880 and had 81 students on its roll at 1 October 2026.
Its home zone includes all of Saint Andrews, and parts of Pareora and Southburn; the zone map below shows the full boundary.
The school’s site describes a rural school with its own indoor heated pool, where every class has timetabled swimming lessons in Terms 1 and 4, and Years 7 and 8 go to the Timaru Technology Education Centre each week for technology. School bus runs serve the Pareora/Lyalldale and Blue Cliffs/Otaio areas.
At a glance
- Principal
- Murray Davidson
- Address
- 21 Blue Cliffs Road, St Andrews
- Phone
- 03 612 6831
Home zone
Suburbs in the zone: all of Saint Andrews near Timaru.
Parts of Pareora, Otaio near Timaru and Southburn near Timaru: check your street.
Zone boundaries are set by the school’s enrolment scheme and can change. Confirm your address with the school before you rely on it.
Who goes here
Share of the 81 students who identify with each group. Students can name more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
MELAA: Middle Eastern, Latin American and African.
What ERO found
The Education Review Office’s latest report on the school is a School Report from November 2025. ERO found success and progress rising for all students, with good teaching lifting results in reading, writing and maths.
Most students meet or exceed the expected curriculum level in writing and maths and a large majority do in reading, and the school is meeting the Government’s writing and maths targets.
Students with complex needs are well supported, structured literacy is in place in the junior school, and staff work closely together to reflect on and improve their teaching. Attendance is the clear concern: fewer than half of students attend regularly, well short of the Government target, although the school has a plan and attendance is improving.
The key priorities are to carry out the attendance plan, raise boys’ achievement in writing, set up consistent systems so learning carries on smoothly as students move up through the year levels, make better use of data to set and measure goals, and strengthen culturally responsive practice. The school also agrees that meeting the Government’s reading targets needs to be a main focus.
Read the ERO reports for St Andrew’s School (Timaru)
Enrolling
Students who live in the home zone have the right to enrol. Out-of-zone places are offered under the enrolment scheme, by ballot when there are more applicants than places. The school’s enrolment page links to its enrolment scheme, zone map and out-of-zone enrolment information.
Children can start once they turn five. Families can fill in the enrolment form online and make an appointment with the principal to complete the health and enrolment forms, and a transition programme lets children visit once a week in the weeks before they start.
Schools nearby
Where students go next
Based on home zones around the school’s own address. Families can apply to any school, and your own address decides which zones you are in.
In Saint Andrews near Timaru
St Andrew's School (Timaru) is in Saint Andrews near Timaru. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Saint Andrews near Timaru guide →Questions parents ask
Is St Andrew's School (Timaru) zoned?
It has a home zone covering all of Saint Andrews near Timaru and parts of Pareora, Otaio near Timaru and Southburn near Timaru.
What years does it teach?
Years 1 to 8.
How many students go there?
81 at 1 Oct 2026.
Does it ask for donations?
No. It is in the donation scheme, so it only asks for donations for school camps.
What is its Equity Index?
479. The Ministry of Education’s Equity Index estimates the socio-economic barriers a school’s students face, from 344 (fewest) to 569 (most). It is used to share out funding, not as a measure of quality.
Updated automatically when the Ministry publishes new data.
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Sources and data notes 1
- School facts: School details and roll: Ministry of Education school directory, 7 Nov 2026 (CC BY 4.0). Home zone: Ministry of Education enrolment zones (CC BY 4.0). NCEA results, roll history and stand-downs: Education Counts, school leavers 2023 to 2025, stand-downs 2025, rolls 2021 to 2025 (CC BY 4.0).