Last updated October 2026
Appleby School is a state, co-educational full primary school for Years 1 to 8 at 19 Moutere Highway, Tasman. It opened in 1859 and had 149 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
Its home zone includes all of Redwood Valley, and parts of Appleby, Richmond and Bronte; the zone map below shows the full boundary.
The school’s site describes a semi-rural Enviroschool whose Year 7 and 8 students form a leadership team, take structured literacy and mathematics, and have a practical technology programme with woodwork, food and textiles plus optional modules such as languages, dance and sports leadership. It also lists outdoor education trips, noho marae, a kapa haka group, interschool tournaments, and after-school care run by an outside provider that collects children from the school car park.
At a glance
- Principal
- Janine Higgins
- Address
- 19 Moutere Highway, Tasman
- Phone
- 03 544 2898
Home zone
Suburbs in the zone: all of Redwood Valley near Nelson.
Parts of Appleby near Nelson, Richmond near Nelson and Bronte near Nelson: 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 149 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 Evaluation Report from February 2025, written as the school began taking Year 7 students, with Year 8 to follow.
ERO found that learners achieve equitably and most make sustained progress, with most at or above expected curriculum levels in mathematics, a large majority in reading and a small majority in writing.
Most learners feel they belong, students needing extra help are clearly identified and supported, and leaders and teachers have built strong trust with whānau. A large majority attend regularly, though the school had not yet met the national attendance target.
The agreed next steps are to keep lifting progress and achievement in reading, writing and mathematics for all learners, to bring Year 7 and 8 students into the school successfully with programmes that support their learning and wellbeing, to keep building a positive, inclusive environment around the school’s values, and to work with whānau to improve regular attendance.
Read the ERO reports for Appleby School
Enrolling
Students who live in the home zone have the right to enrol. Out-of-zone places are offered under the school’s enrolment scheme, by ballot when there are more applicants than places, and siblings of current students have preference for out-of-zone places.
The school publishes its out-of-zone places, application deadline and ballot date on its enrolment scheme page each year, along with the full zone description. Families of new entrants are asked to pre-enrol when their child turns four, using the enrolment form on the school’s enrolment information page.
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 Appleby near Nelson
Appleby School is in Appleby near Nelson. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Appleby near Nelson guide →Questions parents ask
Is Appleby School zoned?
It has a home zone covering all of Redwood Valley near Nelson and parts of Appleby near Nelson, Richmond near Nelson and Bronte near Nelson.
What years does it teach?
Years 1 to 8.
How many students go there?
149 at 1 Sep 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?
430. 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.
School details and roll: Ministry of Education school directory, 22 Oct 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). Updated automatically when the Ministry publishes new data.
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