Enrolment Scheme

In Zone Enrolments

All students who permanently reside in the school zone (as per the zone map) have automatic right to attend Wakaaranga School. This is determined on the sighting of two proof of address documents.  Suitable proof of address documents include:

·       a copy of your tenancy agreement

·       bond lodgement form

·       property sales and purchase document

·       power bill

·       water bill

·       rates notice

·       home or contents insurance

·       internet bill

·       letter from a government department

Students must be NZ or Australian citizens or residents OR have a current student visa issued by Immigration NZ.  

Should you meet the criteria above please complete an online pre-enrolment application using the blue in-zone enrolment button.

Within 3-6 months of your child’s start date, we will contact you with instructions to complete the Wakaaranga School enrolment forms.  At this time, you will be asked to supply the relevant supporting documentation which includes the child’s birth certificate or passport, proof of address documents and childhood immunisation record.

If you have any queries, please contact the school office on enquiries@wakaaranga.school.nz.

Ballot Procedure

On the ballot date, the ballot is drawn under the supervision of a Justice of the Peace, a practising lawyer, a sworn member of the Police or a local Government returning officer.

The names are pulled out of the ballot and a waiting list is created if there are more names in the ballot than spaces available. The waiting list expires when the next ballot is held.

Successful families are advised by email and asked to confirm acceptance (within 14 days) in writing of the place offered.  Upon acceptance they will be asked to complete the Wakaaranga School enrolment form and submit supporting documents.

Unsuccessful families are advised by email and placed on a waiting list in the number they are drawn from the ballot.

If successful families decline the space, or do not respond within 14 days, the place is offered to the first/next family on the waiting list.

Applications for enrolment will be processed in the following priority:

First priority must be given to students who have been accepted for enrolment in a special programme run by the school & approved by the Secretary of Education. Our school has no such programme.

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 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 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 circulation in the area served by the school.

The Board reserves the right to decide if there are spaces available and if so, how many spaces are available at any particular year level. This information will be advertised in the school newsletter and local newspaper approximately one month in advance of the ballot.