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Which schools is your address zoned for?

Check any New Zealand address for free. Then compare your shortlist in one report: zones, school runs, ERO reviews and questions for your school visits.

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The sample report's shortlist: fictional schools, each with its zone status, daily school-run time, roll, school type and equity index.
From the sample report. Schools and address are fictional; this is not an assessment of real schools.

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Your report comes with what you need to ask, email and plan

  • The sample report's visit questions, grouped under themes such as Your child & learning, with tick boxes.

    Questions for each visit

    Twelve questions in four themes, plus questions from each school's ERO review where one is published. Tick, print or copy them.

  • Enrolling at Harbourview College: a few questions

    Kia ora,

    We are looking at Harbourview College for our child, [child's name], and live at [your address]. We have a few questions:

    1. What kinds of students tend to thrive here, and who may find it harder?

    …

    A ready-to-send school email

    An email to the school office carrying the questions you tick, for each school that lists its contact details. Send it from your own mail app or copy it.

  • The sample report's key dates card listing 2026 and 2027 term dates, with a button to add every date to a calendar.

    Key dates and a calendar file

    Term dates, zone changes and each school's estimated next ERO review, in one file for your calendar.

Examples from the sample report, with fictional schools.

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What's in every report

  • A zone verdict for each school against your address, with the year levels it covers
  • Morning and afternoon school-run times for each school
  • Where the address leads next: the in-zone intermediate and secondary schools
  • Each school's ERO review in plain English, with the review's own words beside it
  • NCEA results, roll and equity index next to the national picture
  • Twelve visit questions in four themes, plus questions drawn from each school's review, to tick, print or copy
  • A ready-to-send email to each school office carrying the questions you tick
  • A calendar file: term dates, new-entrant start dates, and each school's zone and ERO review dates
  • Up to five things parents miss, each with its official source
  • Twelve months' access, with each school's ERO review read live every time you open it

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