Maraetai Beach School
ENROLMENT SCHEME
2024 Out of Zone Enrolments
Maraetai Beach School Board of Trustees is limited in the number of places it is able to offer students who are out of zone. The Board has determined that there are limited spaces available for children in 2024 who are in:
Year 0/1 (turning 5 in 2024)
For out of zone students seeking enrolment at Maraetai Beach School the deadline for the receipt of applications is Friday 13th October. If the number of out of zone applications exceeds the number of places available, students will be selected by ballot following the Ministry of Education defined priority order. If a ballot for out of zone places is required it will be held on Monday 16th October. Parents will be informed of the outcome of the ballot within 5 days of it being held.
Closing date for out of zone application: Friday 13th October
Ballot date: Monday 16th October
Applicants notified: On or before Friday 20th October
Enrolment forms are available from the Maraetai Beach School office or the enrolment section of our website.
Please note that all out of zone siblings of current pupils must apply as an out of zone enrolment.
Home zone
All students who live within the home zone described below* (and shown on the attached map) shall be entitled to enrol at the school.
Starting at Te Puru Stream Bridge and the intersection with Whitford-Maraetai Road, the boundary runs north along the west end of Omana Regional Park to follow the coastline, and turns east to travel as far as Maraetai Park. It continues south along Maraetai Coast Road to meet the intersection with North Road (excluded). The boundary then travels south-west cross country to meet Waikopua Road. It continues north along Waikopua Road (both sides included) to meet the intersection with Whitford-Maraetai Road. Continue north along the centre of Whitford-Maraetai Road towards the intersection with Jack Lachlan Drive. Continue west along Jack Lachlan Drive (87 and below included) towards Kahawairahi Drive. Continue along Kahawairahi Drive (both sides included) towards Mahutonga Avenue. Continue along Mahuntonga Avenue (both sides included towards Beachlands Road and continue east along it towards Whitford-Maraetai Road then back to the starting point.
All residential addresses on included sides of boundary roads and all no exit roads off included sides of boundary roads are included in the zone unless otherwise stated.
Proof of residence within the home zone will be required.
Each year, applications for enrolment for the following year from in-zone students will be sought by a specific date which will be published in a daily or community newspaper circulated in the area served by the school. This will enable the board to assess the number of places which can be made available to students who live outside the home zone.
Out of zone enrolments
Each year the board 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 circulated 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 enrolment will be processed in the following order of priority:
First priority: This priority category is not applicable at this school because the school does not run a special programme approved by the Secretary.
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.
If there are more applicants in the second, third, fourth, or fifth priority groups than there are places available, selection within the priority group will be by a ballot conducted in accordance with instructions issued by the Secretary for Education under Section 11G(1) of 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.
Click here for 2023 In-zone and Out-of-zone enrolment information.
Click here for Frequently Asked Questions.
