OUR ENROLMENT ZONE

The Wellington Girls’ College zone includes all addresses in the City side of Brooklyn (not Kingston) [this is a tricky zone with some streets in and others out, see written description below], Kelburn, Northland, Wilton, Wadestown, Chartwell, Crofton Downs, Ngaio, Karori, Khandallah (not Broadmeadows). In the city itself are the areas of Aro Valley and Thorndon and streets west of Willis Street.

North Boundary

The boundary of the zone shall be a line extending from the Ngauranga Railway Station north west to the junction of Fraser Avenue and Burma Road, then south along Burma Road (including house numbers 75 – 103) to Kim Street, then north west between the ends of Baroda Street and Orissa Crescent (all addresses in Orissa Crescent and Bharat Terrace are out of zone) to Mount Kaukau. (All housing in Kim Street and Kimberly Way is included in the zone). From here directly north west to Smiths’ Bay.

East Boundary

The boundary of the zone shall be a line extending from the junction of Customhouse Quay and Jervois Quay south along both sides of Willis Street. All even number housing on Brooklyn Road is included to the junction of Bidwill Street (after this junction all house numbers on Brooklyn Road are in zone). Then along Bidwill Street (all houses excluding number 2 Bidwill Street) , Wallace Street (all even numbered houses from number 14 to number 132) and Hutchinson Road to Dransfield Street (numbers 2, 6 & 8), along Short Street to the junction of McColl and Krull Street (all houses from number 4 to 16 and 22 to 30 are in zone).

To the junction of Krull and Mana Streets (including bisecting at that point Mills Road to Veronica Street, then into the lower end of Mornington Road (up to 78 Mornington Road), including all houses in Clarence Streets excluding numbers 55 and 62, proceeding along Borlase Street to its junction with Ohiro Road.

From here south along the western side on Ohiro Road (even number housing) and Happy Valley Road (odd number housing) to the junction with Owhiro Bay Parade and finally west along the northern side of Owhiro Bay Parade to the end of the road.

The address given at the time of the application for enrolment must be the student’s usual place of residence when the school is open for instruction. This means that if you currently live at an in-zone address but move to an out-of-zone address before your child’s first day of attendance at the school, your child will not be entitled to enrol at the school.

The Ministry of Education has advised that parents should also be warned of the possible consequences of deliberately attempting to gain unfair priority in enrolment by knowingly giving a false address or making an in-zone living arrangement which they intend to only be temporary eg.

• Renting accommodation in-zone on a short-term basis;

• Arranging temporary board in-zone with a relative or family friend;

• Using the in-zone address of a relative or friend as an “address of convenience”, with no intention to live there on an ongoing basis.

Before enrolment takes place (ie. before attendance begins), if the Board has reasonable grounds for believing that the given in-zone address will not be a genuine, on-going living arrangement, the Board may withdraw any offer of place which it may have made on the basis of the given address.

After attendance has begun, if the school learns that a student is no longer living at the in-zone address given at the time of the application for enrolment and has reasonable grounds to believe that a temporary in-zone residence has been used for the purpose of unfairly gaining priority in enrolment at the school, then the Board may review the enrolment. Unless the parents can give a satisfactory explanation within 10 days, the Board may annul the enrolment. This course of action is provided for under section 110A of the Education Act 1989. The Board will investigate any student who moves from an in-zone address within 24 months of starting at the college.

Please note that in-zone students cannot be guaranteed an immediate place at the College if their enrolment is received AFTER the closing date.

On acceptance of enrolment every student and their parents or caregivers are invited to an interview. The purpose of this is to help ensure each student selects an appropriate course and to facilitate a smooth transition to college.

Key dates in 2023 for students who start school in 2024 are:

YEAR 9

• Meetings with the Principal throughout May. In-zone primary schools will inform parents of times; for all other students please contact the Enrolments officer who will share the Zoom links with you for online meetings
• Digital prospectus and enrolment forms available online from mid May
• Enrolments close Monday 24 July at 4.00 pm
• Out of zone ballot held Monday 31 July
• Notification of Out of zone ballot results (by email) by Thursday 3 August with interviews to follow
• Acceptance of places offered through Out of zone ballot must be received by Thursday 17 August
• In zone enrolment interviews will start on 15 August

YEAR 10, 11, 12 & 13

• Enrolments close Monday 16 October
• Ballot held Friday 20 October
• Notification of ballot results (by email) by Wednesday 25 October
• Acceptance of places offered through Out of zone ballot must be received by Wednesday 8 November