Each year the Board of Trustees will determine the number of places which are likely to be available in the following year (if any) for the enrolment of students who live outside the home zone. The Board will publish this information by notice in our school newsletter and school website. 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: |
will be given to any applicant who have been accepted for enrolment in the following special programmes: 1. Te Whānau Rumaki o Te Uru Karaka – Level 1 total Immersion Years 0 – 6; 2. Te Whānau Awahou – Level 1 & 2 Immersion Years 0 – 6; Applications for all Special Programmes for 2024 are now open and close at 3pm on Wednesday 11th October 2023. Complete the online pre-enrolment form for Priority 1 applicants here |
SECOND PRIORITY: |
must be given to any applicant who is the sibling of current students. Applications for 2024 are now open and close at 3pm on Wednesday 11th October 2023. Complete the online pre-enrolment form for Priority 2 applicants here |
THIRD PRIORITY: |
must be given to any applicant who are the siblings of past students who attended Newton Central School. Applications for 2024 are now open and close at 3pm on Wednesday 11th October 2023. Complete the online pre-enrolment form for Priority 3 applicants here |
FOURTH PRIORITY: |
must be given to any applicant who is a child of a former student. Applications for 2024 are now open and close at 3pm on Wednesday 11th October 2023. Complete the online pre-enrolment form for Priority 4 applicants here |
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. Applications for 2024 are now open and close at 3pm on Wednesday 11th October 2023. Complete the online pre-enrolment form for Priority 5 applicants here |
SIXTH PRIORITY: |
Due to high enrolments of in-zone students, there will be no category 6 (Sixth Priority) enrolments or ballots available in either 2024. |
If there are more applicants in the second, third, fourth or fifth priority groups than there are places available, selection within the priority group must be by a ballot conducted in accordance with instructions issued by the Secretary under section 11G (1) of the Education Act 1989. Parents will be informed of the date of any ballot by notice in the school’s newsletter, website and daily or community newspaper circulating in the area served by the school.
Applicants seeking second or third priority status will be required to give proof of a sibling relationship.