Last updated October 2026
Nayland College is a state, co-educational secondary school for Years 9 to 13 at 166 Nayland Road, Stoke, Nelson. It opened in 1966 and had 1,269 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
Its home zone includes all of Moana, Wakatu, Annesbrook and Tāhunanui, and parts of Monaco, Stoke, Enner Glynn, Britannia Heights, Bishopdale and Aniseed Valley; the zone map below shows the full boundary.
The school’s site lists an Institute of Sport, specialist music with lessons and an orchestra, concert band and jazz band, outdoor education from the junior school up, and te reo Māori with kapa haka and Ngā Manu Kōrero. It also runs a Trades Academy with NMIT and local employers, an enrichment programme, learning support and an international programme with homestays.
At a glance
- Principal
- Kenny Diamond
- Address
- 166 Nayland Road, Stoke, Nelson
- Phone
- 03 547 9769
Home zone
Suburbs in the zone: all of Wakatu, Annesbrook Nelson, Moana and Tāhunanui.
Parts of Monaco, Stoke, Enner Glynn Nelson, Britannia Heights Nelson, Bishopdale Nelson and Aniseed 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.
NCEA results
School leavers with NCEA Level 2 or above, compared with all New Zealand school leavers.
This school New Zealand
School leavers are students who left school that year, whatever year level they left from.
Who goes here
Share of the 1,269 students who identify with each group. Students can name more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
72 international students
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.
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 March 2024. This kind of report sets out what ERO and the school will evaluate together, here the effect of its revised, localised junior curriculum on achievement, engagement and fair outcomes.
ERO pointed to an agreed teacher profile, classroom culture guide and learning design principles used across the school, systematic tracking that picks out students who need extra help to catch up, and growing partnerships with mana whenua and whānau Māori. ERO also noted that the school manages the local alternative education provider and the Top of the South Trades Academy.
The school’s priorities are more targeted professional learning to build teachers’ cultural capability and their teaching of students with additional needs, bringing in and evaluating better academic mentoring, tracking and reporting, and continuing to strengthen links with whānau, the community and mana whenua.
Read the ERO reports for Nayland College
Enrolling
Students who live in the home zone have the right to enrol and need to show proof of their usual address. Out-of-zone places are offered under the school’s enrolment scheme, by ballot when there are more applicants than places, with priority for siblings of current and former students, then children of former students, then children of board employees and members.
The school publishes its out-of-zone places and ballot dates on its Enrolment Zone page each year, and families apply through the online enrolment form linked from its enrolment page.
Schools nearby
In Stoke
Nayland College is in Stoke. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Stoke guide →Questions parents ask
Is Nayland College zoned?
It has a home zone covering all of Wakatu, Annesbrook Nelson, Moana and Tāhunanui and parts of Monaco, Stoke, Enner Glynn Nelson, Britannia Heights Nelson, Bishopdale Nelson and Aniseed Valley.
What years does it teach?
Years 9 to 13.
How many students go there?
1,269 at 1 Sep 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?
462. 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.
How did its school leavers do in NCEA?
In 2025, 82.1% of its school leavers had NCEA Level 2 or above, compared with 77.8% of all New Zealand school leavers.
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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