A school-wide telephone system was installed in 1998. The School has won four environmental awards in the past five years. Vardon School is co-educational. We are situated in the northern residential suburb of Hamilton City and currently have a school grading roll for the year 2000 of 404. Although the Principal has overall responsibility for both these areas, the Deputy Principal, Assistant Principal and Senior Teachers have delegated responsibility respectively.
Most classes are composite classes.
The school regularly uses the service of a number of support agencies. A large number of parents show an interest in their child's schooling, and offer practical involvement in a variety of ways. The school is bounded by the Waikato River to the East, State Highway 1 to the West, merging with the Pukete Primary School area to the North and finishing at the Fairfield Bridge to the South. The ethnic and socio-economic groups described for the school, are reflections of the surrounding community. The area has been settled for over 40 years.