Enrolment Information
Classification of children
Children who are born before 31st March, will be classified as Year 1 students. Any children born from the 1st of April onwards will be classified as Year 0 and will be a Year 1 student the following year.
Pre-Enrolment
It is helpful to pre-enrol your child at Torbay School prior to 30 June of the year before his/her 5th birthday or as soon as you know you will be moving into our school zone.
Student details need to be completed including “Ethnicity” and all compulsory fields which are marked with a red asterix.
Caregiver details need to be completed for both parents. We prefer to have at least one or two other Emergency Contacts, such as trusted family members or friends whom we can contact in an emergency if we are unable to contact either parent first.
Enrolment details are requirements for our student management system. Most domestic students are Regular Students. Year levels are dependent on the child’s birth-date, not the date that they start at our school and we can enter that if your child has not already been enrolled at a school in New Zealand.
Online enrolment form, please complete all details on this form and submit along with uploading the supporting documentation listed below.
- NZ Birth Certificate or NZ Passport or overseas Passport with a NZ Residency Stamp or Student Permit with full Birth Certificate and parent’s Passport showing a Work Permit (we will require the original documents to sight at the enrolment interview)
- Evidence of in-zone address: eg, tenancy agreement, sale and purchase agreement, rates invoice, phone, power, gas account. The document must confirm that you reside at the address.
- Immunisation Records/Certificate
- School report (if attended a previous school)
Enrolment Process
A formal enrolment form needs to be completed online. This provides us with all the personal details necessary for our records such as health details, emergency contact numbers and any additional information you feel we need to know. Once you have submitted the online enrolment form, we will be in touch to arrange an enrolment interview with our Deputy Principal.
The following original documents are required to complete your child’s enrolment. We must sight the original documents that you uploaded as part of the enrolment process, which can be provided during your enrolment interview with the Deputy Principal.
If born in New Zealand:
- Proof of Address (Power bill in the name of a parent or recently dated registered rental agreement)
- NZ Birth Certificate or NZ Passport or Citizenship Certificate
- Immunisation Certificate or immunisation records
- Any legal custody/parenting documents (if applicable)
If born overseas:
- Proof of Address (Power bill in the name of a parent or recently dated registered rental agreement)
- Passport
- Birth Certificate
- Work/Student Visa/Permit for Parent and Student (if applicable)
- Immunisation Certificate or immunisation records
- Copy of recent school reports (with verified English translation if required)
- Any legal custody/parenting documents (if applicable)
Once we have received an online enrolment, we will acknowledge your child’s enrolment with an email to one or both parents noted on the form.
If you are enrolling a new entrant student, we will send you a letter in the mail outlining your child’s pre-school visits, start date and any documentation still required.
If you require any further information or clarification please call the school office on 09 473 8603.
Out of School Zone
Pursuant to the Education Act 1989, the Board of Trustees of Torbay Primary School hereby declares that it has adopted the following enrolment scheme for new pupils at the school, in order to avoid overcrowding or the likelihood of overcrowding.
The Principles
The Board of Trustees of Torbay School will, as far as it can, ensure that this scheme
- Excludes no more prospective students than is necessary to avoid overcrowding or the likelihood of overcrowding
- Reflects the desirability of students being able to attend a reasonably convenient school
- Enables the Secretary to make reasonable use of the existing network of schools, by taking into account the location and capacity of other schools that are reasonably convenient schools for students in the general area served by the school;
and to the extent that it is reasonable and practical to do so without “derogating” (= detracting) from the principles above - Enables students to attend a school of their choice.
Geographic Area (School Zone)
The school’s geographic area takes in all residences with access onto the following roads or parts of roads and within the area to the seaward side of the area bounded by the following roads, namely:
Valley Road, Beach Road (from and including No.826), Carlisle Road (to and including No.154 and the side roads of Limmer Place and Barker Rise), Woodlands Crescent (from and including No.29, as well as the side roads of Capricorn, Oldham, Wilkinson and Branston), Nor East Drive, Idyll Place, Acacia Road, Garden Lane, Finchley Road, Regatta Road, Weatherly Road (to and including numbers 104(even) and 113 (odd) ), Geoffrey Road (from and including numbers 76 (even) and 93 (odd)), Glamorgan Drive (to and including numbers 86 (even) and 91 (odd) ), Dunraven Place; Marina Road, Stredwick Drive (from and including No.155) ,Awaruku Road (from and including No.120 (even) and 77 (odd)), Glenvar Road (to and including No.48 (even) and (odd))
Priority Enrolment
All Children whose current place of residence is within the school’s defined geographic area will have guaranteed access to a place at the school. Depending upon availability of places, the following priority considerations will apply for children out of zone.
| Priority | Description |
|---|---|
| One | Any child who is accepted for enrolment in a special programme run by the school |
| Two | The siblings of pupils currently at Torbay School |
| Three | Children who are siblings of former students of Torbay School |
| Four | Children of former students of Torbay School |
| Five | Children of staff employed by the Board of Trustees of the school, or a child of a member of the Board of Trustees |
| Six | All other children |