Last updated October 2026
Kaikorai Valley College is a state, co-educational secondary school for Years 7 to 13 at Kaikorai Valley Road, Dunedin. It opened in 1958 and had 436 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
It has no home zone, so any student can apply. Its site describes homeroom classes with specialist teachers for Years 7 and 8, whānau groups linked to a house system for Years 9 to 13, and an urban farm on the grounds, with an orchard and animals, that is used for learning. It also lists sport, performing arts, cultural groups including kapa haka, service groups, and an international programme with ESOL, its own classroom suite and homestays.
At a glance
- Principal
- Jatin Bali
- Address
- Kaikorai Valley Road, Dunedin
- Phone
- 03-453 6035
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 436 students who identify with each group. Students can name more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
19 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 July 2024. ERO found outcomes becoming more equitable, with more students gaining NCEA at Levels 1, 2 and 3 over three years and Māori students closing the gap.
A majority of Year 7 to 10 students were at national expectations in literacy and mathematics, and a majority attended regularly measured against the Ministry’s target.
ERO also noted that the whānau group structure supports wellbeing, that Year 9 and 10 courses built around student interests had lifted engagement, and that senior students get personalised pathways backed by links with tertiary providers and Dunedin employers.
Next, the school is to refine and evaluate its Year 7 to 10 curriculum initiatives, embed bicultural practice and mātauranga Māori across learning areas, and strengthen literacy and mathematics teaching in every subject to lift achievement at all year levels.
Read the ERO reports for Kaikorai Valley College
Enrolling
Kaikorai Valley College has no home zone, so any student can apply. Families can enrol online or download a paper enrolment form, and the enrolment page links to the prospectus, course booklets, uniform and stationery information.
International students use a separate application form, available with the school’s other enrolment forms.
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Read our Bradford guide →Questions parents ask
Is Kaikorai Valley College zoned?
No. It has no home zone, so any student can apply to enrol.
What years does it teach?
Years 7 to 13.
How many students go there?
436 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?
502. 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, 57.1% 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). 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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