Key Dates & Events

Please find some essential dates and events below for 2026.  

Key Dates

12 February - Scholarship applications open


10 March - Community Catch Up in Central Hawke's Bay 

If you're in Central Hawke's Bay and you're interested in boarding for your child, or you’re a former student/past or current Hereworth family member,  you’re all invited to our Community Catch-Up happening in CHB at the wonderful Taniwha Daffodils on Tuesday, 10 March. Click HERE to learn more. 


19 March - Open Day, 2.00 - 5.00pm

Join us at our Open Day for a tour of the School with one of our students. Meet our teaching team and the Headmaster, Matt Allen, and discover for yourself what makes Hereworth such a special place. Click HERE to learn more.


1 April - Headmaster’s Tours begin

These small group tours give you the opportunity to see Hereworth School accompanied by the Headmaster, Mr Matt Allen. 

1 April at 8.30am

2 April at 1.00pm

Click HERE to book your place


2 April, 5.00pm - First round of enrolment applications for 2026 closes today.

2 April, 5.00pm - First round of scholarship applications for 2026 closes today.

Applications for scholarships close at 5.00pm. No late applications can be accepted.

Please note - You are welcome to apply at Hereworth at any time, but applications made before this cut-off date will be given first consideration. If your chosen Year Group is full, you will be placed into a wait-pool and contacted as places become available later in the year.


Term Two - Boarding Open House. Date TBC. 

If your child wants a hands-on, behind-the-dorms view of exactly how much fun Boarding can be, this is the event you want to attend. See how close friendships can form and how incredible it is to have a 22 hectre school/park to call home with your mates each and every week. 


4 May - Enrolment interviews start

Place offers will be made within 3 days of interview and successful applicants will have 10 days to accept or decline the place.


November (date tbc) - Orientation Morning

All students joining Hereworth in 2027 will join us for a fun orientation morning to support their transition to the school at the beginning of 2027. Boarders are invited to spend the night prior in the boarding house to meet the students they will be boarding with the following year.

Year 0 and Year 1 new entrants will have school visits scheduled in the weeks prior to their start date.