Our new school zone has been approved by the Ministry of Education and will be effective from 29 April this year. A full description of the zone can be found below:
The guidelines for development and operation of enrolment schemes are issued under section 11G (3) of the Education Act 1989 for the purpose of describing the basis on which the Secretary's powers in relation to enrolment schemes will be exercised.
Home Zone
All students who live within the home zone described below (and shown on the attached map) shall be eligible to enrol at the school.
From the intersection of Halswell Junction Road and Halswell Road (SH75)
North on Halswell Road to the transmission lines running parallel to Parklea Ave (including addresses to 288 Halswell Road)
East along the south side of the transmission lines to Milns Road
South on Milns Road to Sparks Road
South on Sparks Road to Sutherlands Road (including 398 Sparks Road)
South on Sutherlands Road to Cashmere Road
North East on Cashmere Road to Hoon Hay Valley Road (including addresses 484-564 Cashmere Road)
South on Hoon Hay Valley Road to the end of the road
South west to the southern end of Kennedys Bush Road
South west to the eastern end of Early Valley Road
West on Early Valley Road to Old Tai Tapu Road (including Potters Lane)
South West on Old Tai Tapu Road to Osterholts Road West on Osterholts Road to Tai Tapu Road (SH75) North on Tai Tapu Road (SH75) to Leadleys Road
West on Leadleys Road to Ellesmere Road
North on Ellesmere Road to Toswill Road
North on Toswill Road to Longstaffs Road
North on Longstaffs Road to Trices Road
East on Trices Road to Sabys Road
North East on Sabys Road to Quaifes Road
North West on Quaifes Road to Murphys Road. (including 137 Quaifes Road) Zone does not include addresses on Murphys Road
From the intersection of Murphys Road and Halswell Junction Road;
South East along the South West side only of Halswell Junction Road to Nicholls Road, South East along both sides of Halswell Junction Road to Halswell Road, (including Kinrara Place).
Addresses on both sides of boundary roads are considered in-zone unless stated otherwise.
Each year, applications for enrolment in the following year from in-zone students will be sought by a date that will be published in a daily or community newspaper circulating in the area served by the school. This will enable the board to assess the number of places that can be made available to students who live outside the home zone.
Special Programmes
This priority category is not applicable at this school because the school does not run a Special programme approved by the Secretary.
Transitional Arrangements
For families whose addresses become "out of zone" due to this amendment to the enrolment scheme home zone:
The following addresses shall be deemed to be “in-zone", but only for as long as they contain the children listed.
* See appendix available on request at the school office
NB This is a very tightly defined concession. It would not apply to:
A. Children of parents who move in to any of these addresses subsequent to the adoption of
the enrolment scheme boundary amendment; and
B. Children of parents currently living at one of the addresses who move out of the address subsequent to the adoption of the enrolment scheme boundary amendment.
Section 11E of the Education Act 1989 states that "a state school's home zone must be defined by geographic boundaries, and must be described in such a way that any given address is either within or outside the home zone." The list above is defining a location as "in-zone" unless dictated otherwise by the exceptions outlined in A and B above.
Out of Zone Enrolments
Each year the Board of Trustees will determine the number of places which are likely to be available in the following year for the enrolment of students who live outside the home zone. The Board will publish this information by notice in a daily or community newspaper circulating in the area served by the school. The notice will indicate how applications are to be made and will specify a date by which all applications must be received.
Applications for enrolments will be processed in the following order of priority:
First priority is not applicable at this school because the school does not run a special programme approved by the Secretary for Education.
Second priority must be given to applicants who are siblings of current students.
Third priority must be given to applicants who are siblings of former students.
Fourth priority must be given to any applicant who is a child of a former student of the school.
Fifth priority must be given to any applicant who is either a child of an employee of the board of the school or a child of a member of the board of the school.
Sixth priority must be given to all other applicants. Sixth priority must be given to all other applicants.
If there are more applicants in the second, third, fourth, fifth or sixth priority groups than there are places available, selection within the priority group will be by ballot conducted in accordance with instructions by the Secretary, under Section 11G (1) on the Education Act 1989. Parents will be informed of the date of any ballot by notice in a daily or community newspaper circulating in the area served by the school.
Applicants seeking second or third priority status may be required to give proof of a sibling relationship.