Enrolment

“As of right” entry is given to those Children in the school’s “home zone”, and are those whose current residence is within the perimeter on the date of entry to our school. The Board of Trustees has the right to annul any enrolment based on false information. If the school learns that a child was not permanently living at the home zone address given at the time of enrolment, or the school has reasonable grounds to believe that a temporary home zone residence has been used for gaining enrolment at the school, the Board of Trustees may review that enrolment.

Please contact our office for details.

School Enrolment Form

The Mairangi Bay School Board of Trustees has reviewed its enrolment policy for New Entrant (Year 0/1) students.

Our current continuous entry policy is changing to a formal Cohort Entry Policy, effective from the start of Term 1 2026, and we are excited to be moving into a more clear and succinct process to improve transition from ECE to Primary School for students, whanau and teachers.

What is Cohort Entry?

Currently, children starting school can begin on the day they turn five, or any day after that. This is called 'continuous entry'. Cohort Entry means that New Entrant students will start school in groups (or cohorts) on specific, predetermined dates, rather than individually on their fifth birthday. The start dates are set by the Ministry of Education, and there are two entry points per term: The first day of the school term (Week 1). The mid-point of the school term (the Monday of Week 6).

Key Rules:

A child must have already turned five years old to start school on the cohort date. If a child's fifth birthday falls between two cohort start dates, they must wait for the next official date to join their peers. Children must be enrolled at school by their sixth birthday, regardless of the entry policy. Application for enrolment should be made by 1 September for children turning five years of age during Term 1 of the following year. Those accepted will be contacted a few weeks before commencement to arrange visits at which time verification of date of birth and residence is required. For children turning five during the year, we would appreciate you submitting your application as early as possible within the six months prior. Application for enrolment during the year may be made on entering the district.

Caregivers who wish to visit the school prior to applying for enrolment are welcome to make an appointment through the office or attend one of our new entrant parent information mornings, which are held in the last few weeks of every term. These mornings are hosted by our Deputy Principal and attended by our Junior Team Leader, new entrant teacher and Principal.

Our school is the preferred education provider for more people than we can accommodate. The school has an enrolment scheme to manage entry and ensure optimal learning opportunities.

Children in the home zone are those whose current residence is within the perimeter of the following area.

Kowhai Road (both sides), Channel View Road (both sides), crossing Beach Road (including 248) to View Road (both sides), north west along the coastline to Montrose terrace (both sides), west across Beach Road to include both sides of Hastings Road to East Coast Road along the St John’s School boundary (including numbers 87,89,91 and 93 Penzance Road), crossing East Coast Road north of 421 to include all of Windsor Place, south west along the boundary of Rangitoto College to the Northern Motorway, south east to Sunset Road and North east to include both sides of Sunset Road, east of East Coast road to include the northern side of East Coast Road and numbers 424 – 336 and all of Belle Verde Drive on the southern side, and east across East Coast Road to link Kowhai Road.

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