Last updated November 2026
Gleniti School is a state, co-educational full primary school for Years 1 to 8 at 22 Heath Street, Gleniti, Timaru. It opened in 1879 and had 383 students on its roll at 1 October 2026.
Its home zone includes parts of Gleniti, Claremont, Hadlow, Glenwood and Levels Valley; the zone map below shows the full boundary. The school’s website describes composite classes grouped into learning teams, a range of cultural and sporting activities, and SunSmart accreditation. It also welcomes international students.
At a glance
- Principal
- Mark Creba
- Address
- 22 Heath Street, Gleniti, Timaru
- Phone
- 03 686 0082
Home zone
Parts of these suburbs: Gleniti Timaru, Claremont, Rosewill, Hadlow, Otipua Creek, Glenwood and Levels Valley: 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 383 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.
Stand-downs and suspensions
Cases per 1,000 students in 2025, adjusted for the ages of the school’s students, compared with all New Zealand schools.
Suspensions: fewer than 5 cases in 2025, so no rate is shown.
These measure how a school responds to behaviour, and schools set their own thresholds, so they are not a measure of how students behave.
What ERO found
The Education Review Office’s latest report on the school is a Te Ara Huarau School Profile Report from October 2023.
A profile report sets out what ERO and the school will evaluate together rather than giving achievement results. Here the focus is how well the school’s curriculum reflects its vision, fits the refreshed New Zealand Curriculum, Te Mataiaho, and lifts learning for all students.
ERO noted an experienced and collaborative teaching team, an inclusive leadership team with a clear strategic direction, and supportive, forward-looking governance. A new principal had recently been appointed.
ERO said the school will now focus on a well-formed action plan to guide its future direction, and on stronger evaluation processes so it can check that the intended outcomes are being met.
Read the ERO reports for Gleniti School
Enrolling
Gleniti School runs an enrolment scheme, with a home zone set by the Ministry of Education. Students who live in the zone can enrol. The board decides each year how many out-of-zone places are available, and announces them in a local newspaper. When there are more applicants than places, a priority order set by the Ministry applies, with a ballot.
The school publishes its out-of-zone places, application form and ballot dates on its enrolment zone page, which also describes the zone boundary road by road.
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 Gleniti Timaru
Gleniti School is in Gleniti Timaru. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Gleniti Timaru guide →Questions parents ask
Is Gleniti School zoned?
It has a home zone covering parts of Gleniti Timaru, Claremont, Rosewill, Hadlow, Otipua Creek, Glenwood and Levels Valley.
What years does it teach?
Years 1 to 8.
How many students go there?
383 at 1 Oct 2026.
Does it ask for donations?
It may. It is not in the donation scheme, so it can ask families for donations.
What is its Equity Index?
414. 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).