Last updated October 2026
Bayfield High School is a state, co-educational secondary school for Years 9 to 13 at Shore Street, Andersons Bay, Dunedin. It opened in 1961 and had 529 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
It has no home zone, so any student can apply. Its site lists a broad subject range, including French, German, Chinese, te reo Māori and ESOL, careers support with Gateway and secondary-tertiary courses, and Te Waka Whaikaha, a centre where students with learning or behavioural difficulties get individual tuition. It also lists a wide range of sports, an optional outdoor education programme for Years 12 and 13, an annual show, choir, orchestra and jazz band, and an international student programme with its own support team.
At a glance
- Principal
- Mark Jones
- Address
- Shore Street, Andersons Bay, Dunedin
- Phone
- 03 455 0113
Home zone
No home zone: any student can apply to enrol. If more students apply than there are places, the school decides how places are offered.
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 529 students who identify with each group. Students can name more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
32 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 School Evaluation Report from April 2024. ERO found achievement improving among boys in Years 11 and 13, and across the whole Year 13 group in NCEA Level 3 and University Entrance, the gap in NCEA results between Māori and non-Māori students narrowing, and most Year 9 and 10 students meeting curriculum expectations in reading and number at the end of 2023. It noted that students with additional needs were generally reaching the goals in their individual plans and that a whānau tutor group had lifted attendance for many of its students.
ERO also reported that 2023 NCEA Level 1 results had not yet shown more equitable outcomes for Māori learners, and that mixed ability teaching was not yet applied consistently across the school.
From here the school is to make adaptive teaching consistent in every class so it meets the needs of all learners, keep narrowing the gap for Māori students, re-establish leadership for its partnerships with Māori whānau, review its curriculum against national priorities, strengthen links with whānau, hapū and iwi, and keep working with local schools on smooth transitions into and out of the school.
Read the ERO reports for Bayfield High School
Enrolling
Bayfield High School has no home zone, so any student can apply. Families can enrol using the school’s online enrolment form or contact the office to meet senior staff, and a place is confirmed once the school sends a letter of acceptance.
International students apply through a separate online application, and the school’s international pages explain fees, orientation and ESOL support.
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In Andersons Bay Dunedin
Bayfield High School is in Andersons Bay Dunedin. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Andersons Bay Dunedin guide →Questions parents ask
Is Bayfield High School zoned?
No. It has no home zone, so any student can apply to enrol.
What years does it teach?
Years 9 to 13.
How many students go there?
529 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?
463. 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, 68.5% 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). 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.