Durie Hill School
Thank you for your interest to find out more about our school. Please do not hesitate to make contact with us. During a holiday period, the best method of contact is to email Nayna Lett-Cudby, our office administrator and Sheena Stampa, our principal, by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Enrolment Scheme
An official ministry of education enrolment scheme was put in place at Durie Hill School back in 2006 and currently remains.
Under an enrolment scheme, students have an automatic right to enrol if they live within the school’s zone. Detail of the school’s zone is explained below.
Students living outside the zone may still be able to attend, but parents will need to apply for enrolment. We encourage parents to contact us as soon as possible about this.
Enrolments for 2025 - will close on Monday 14th October 2024
We urge and encourage parents, even if living outside our zone to contact us as soon as possible if you would like your children to attend our school at any stage in 2025.
Enrolment applications for students living outside our zone are invited from parents who would like their children to attend Durie Hill School at any time in 2025. The application form is not time consuming - please email or phone us about this or to receive a copy.
To help us with our planning, we ask that parents with children living within our school's zone contact us to advise of prospective enrolments.
The exact number of places available for students living outside the zone will depend on the number of enrolments received from students who live inside the school’s home zone. All students living inside our zone are automatically able to attend, regardless of when they are due to enrol.
For students living outside our zone, the following timeline will apply for parents wishing for their children to attend our school at any time in 2025.
Timeline for 2025 Enrolments
By 15 September 2024 a newspaper advertisement will be published indicating;
- the number of likely 'out-of-zone' places at each Year Level for 2025;
- the closing deadline for out-of-zone applications - this will be Monday 14th October 2024
- the date of the ballot (only if required - if applications exceed number of places available) - this will be Friday 17th October 2024
We urge and encourage parents, even if living outside our zone to contact us as soon as possible if you would like your children to attend our school at any stage in 2025.
Quick Explanation of the Durie Hill School Home Zone
- Includes areas of Durie Hill, Bastia Hill, Putiki, and areas and roads along Putiki Drive and Airport Road.
- Includes Bastia Hill but not Ikitara Road or roads joining onto Ikitara Road.
- Includes areas and side-roads extending along State Highway 3 (to Palmerston North), but only as far out as Hewitts Road, but not out to Marybank.
- Includes areas and side-roads extending out along No 2 Line (to Fordell), but stopping at Union Line.
- All areas in Wanganui East and on the 'City' side of the river are unfortunately not in our zone.
Description of our Home Zone (Full Official Ministry of Education Version)
'The boundary of the home zone will follow the southern bank of the Whanganui River from the Wanganui Airport terminal to the junction of Anzac Parade and Mount View Road, thence along Mount View Road (but including Iris Place and Bastia Avenue) to the junction with Georgetti Road, thence in a straight line across open country to the end of Durie Vale Road and on in a straight line across open country to Durie Hill School, and thence along No 2 line to its junction with Union Line, thence along Union Line to the end of the road and on in a straight line across open country to the end of Hewitts Road, thence following Hewitts Road, State Highway 3 (but including Nepia Road), Wikitoria Road (but including Onetere Drive), and Airport Road to the Wanganui airport terminal. Houses on both sides of the named roads shall be deemed to be in the Home Zone'.