Last updated October 2026
Devon Intermediate is a state, co-educational intermediate school for Years 7 and 8 at 400 Devon Street West, Lynmouth, New Plymouth. It opened in 1958 and had 349 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
It has no home zone, so any student can apply. Its site lists technology classes in digital technology, hard materials, food technology, performing arts and visual arts, with students in either personal device or shared device classes, plus learning support, pastoral care and a part-time guidance counsellor.
Kapa haka and Pasifika performance groups meet on Friday mornings and are open to all students, and Friday enrichment sessions range from wearable arts, ukulele and digital art to science fairs, pest trapping and te reo Māori.
At a glance
- Principal
- Jenn Thorburn (Acting)
- Address
- 400 Devon Street West, Lynmouth, New Plymouth
- Phone
- 06 758 5266
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.
Who goes here
Share of the 349 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 Report from July 2026. ERO found that a large majority of students meet or exceed expectations for their year level in reading and maths, but less than a third do so in writing, which ERO rated as improvement required.
Students often start below expected levels, and progress is not yet enough to close that gap for everyone, with achievement gaps remaining for Māori students in reading and Pacific students in maths.
Most other areas were rated as working towards. On the positive side, ERO saw an inclusive and supportive environment with well established pastoral care, students with additional needs who are well supported, a large majority of students attending regularly with attendance close to the government target, and leadership that is starting to give clearer direction.
ERO’s priorities are to set measurable writing targets for students who need to make faster progress and check them regularly, to give teachers focused professional learning in teaching writing, to build their skill in using assessment information to shape teaching, and to lift regular attendance further.
ERO said the school still faces challenges in raising achievement and will revisit every six months, with its next public report due sooner than the usual cycle.
Read the ERO reports for Devon Intermediate
Enrolling
The school has no home zone, so any student can apply to enrol. Families can contact the school office to ask how to enrol.
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 Lynmouth New Plymouth
Devon Intermediate is in Lynmouth New Plymouth. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Lynmouth New Plymouth guide →Questions parents ask
Is Devon Intermediate zoned?
No. It has no home zone, so any student can apply to enrol.
What years does it teach?
Years 7 to 8.
How many students go there?
349 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, 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).