Last updated October 2026
Bombay School is a state, co-educational full primary school for Years 1 to 8 at 35 Paparata Road, Bombay. It opened in 1872 and had 373 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
Its home zone includes parts of Bombay, Pukekohe East and Mangatāwhiri; the zone map below shows the full boundary. The school’s site puts reading, writing and maths first, with a structured literacy approach, alongside inquiry learning, science and technology, performing arts including kapa haka, camps and the Mitey wellbeing programme.
Swimming lessons run in the school pool in Term 1, te reo Māori and tikanga are being built into learning with links to Ngāti Tamaoho, and Kids After School (KAS), an independent provider, runs before and after school care in the school hall.
At a glance
- Principal
- Paul Petersen
- Address
- 35 Paparata Road, Bombay
- Phone
- 09 236 1012
Home zone
Parts of these suburbs: Bombay, Pukekohe East and Mangatāwhiri near Pukekohe: 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 373 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 Te Ara Huarau School Profile Report from December 2023.
ERO described a semi-rural school in the Bombay Hills that takes an active part in its local Kāhui Ako. It found leadership of learning that sets up good conditions for students to succeed, teaching programmes with high levels of engagement and achievement, and leaders and the board working together to put continuous improvement and fair opportunities to learn first.
ERO and the school are evaluating how well deliberate actions are raising achievement, with a focus on writing and maths for particular groups of learners. The school’s priorities are to make its approach to teaching more consistent and sustainable, to follow through on targeted actions for progress and equity in writing and maths, and to build its capability in evaluation.
Read the ERO reports for Bombay School
Enrolling
Bombay School has an enrolment scheme, so students who live in the home zone have the right to enrol. Out-of-zone places, when the school has them, are offered under the enrolment scheme, by ballot when there are more applicants than places.
Priority goes first to siblings of current students, then siblings of former students, children of former students, and children of board members or staff. The school publishes its out-of-zone places and application deadlines on its website, and its enrolment scheme says it does not take international fee-paying students.
To start, families contact the school office, which confirms whether an address is in zone and what is needed, such as proof of identity and address and immunisation information. The school asks families to get in touch early so it can plan visits, class placement and a settled start.
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 Bombay
Bombay School is in Bombay. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Bombay guide →Questions parents ask
Is Bombay School zoned?
It has a home zone covering parts of Bombay, Pukekohe East and Mangatāwhiri near Pukekohe.
What years does it teach?
Years 1 to 8.
How many students go there?
373 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?
407. 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, 26 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).