Last updated October 2026
Cloverlea School is a state, co-educational primary school for Years 1 to 6 at 55 Herbert Avenue, Cloverlea, Palmerston North. It opened in 1975 and had 247 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
Its home zone includes all of Cloverlea, and parts of Westbrook, Takaro, Highbury and Kairanga; the zone map below shows the full boundary.
The school’s site, which uses the name Te Kura o Cloverlea, describes a localised curriculum anchored in the stories carved on its tomokanga by a Rangitāne master carver, and staff-written curriculum snapshots on structured literacy, maths, play-based learning, flipped learning, PB4L, digital technology and education outside the classroom.
Facilities include a swimming pool, an all-weather turf, a basketball court and a sensory garden, and the grounds open onto Cloverlea Park.
At a glance
- Principal
- Leiana Lambert
- Address
- 55 Herbert Avenue, Cloverlea, Palmerston North
- Phone
- 06 357 3955
Home zone
Suburbs in the zone: all of Cloverlea Palmerston North.
Parts of Westbrook Palmerston North, Takaro, Highbury and Kairanga: 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 247 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 School Evaluation Report from April 2025. ERO found that a majority of students meet curriculum expectations in reading and maths, but less than half do so in writing, and that boys trail in reading and writing, which the school has made a priority. Students know the school values and have a strong sense of belonging and wellbeing, supported by restorative practices.
A majority attend regularly, and the school is working towards the government’s attendance target. ERO noted collaborative, strategic leadership, a curriculum that increasingly responds to learners’ needs and cultures, te reo Māori and mātauranga Māori woven through learning, with students taking the lead in schoolwide mihi whakatau, and well-monitored support for learners with additional needs.
The agreed next steps are to embed the school’s agreed teaching practices in writing to lift progress and achievement for all learners, especially boys, keep building te reo Māori, tikanga Māori and mātauranga Māori across the school with mana whenua, and work with the community on ways to improve regular attendance.
Read the ERO reports for Cloverlea School
Enrolling
Students who live in the home zone have the right to enrol, with proof of residence required. Out-of-zone places are offered under the school’s enrolment scheme, with priority for siblings of current and former students, children of former students and children of board employees or members, and by ballot when there are more applicants than places.
Under the scheme, the board publishes the number of out-of-zone places, how to apply and any ballot date in a local newspaper each year.
About a term before a child starts, the school sends a welcome letter with pre-enrolment information and invites the child to its Little LEGENDs transition programme and a set of classroom visits. The enrolment form is completed when the child turns five, and the school keeps a copy of their birth certificate and immunisation record.
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 Cloverlea Palmerston North
Cloverlea School is in Cloverlea Palmerston North. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Cloverlea Palmerston North guide →Questions parents ask
Is Cloverlea School zoned?
It has a home zone covering all of Cloverlea Palmerston North and parts of Westbrook Palmerston North, Takaro, Highbury and Kairanga.
What years does it teach?
Years 1 to 6.
How many students go there?
247 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?
494. 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, 24 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).