This enrolment information is for New Zealand citizens and permanent residents (including Australian citizens). International students should refer to the section International Students for international enrolment information.
All children must be enrolled prior to beginning at Birkenhead Primary School. The enrolment zone is shown below. If you live outside the enrolment zone, we regret that we are unable to accept any applications from new families for 2020.
To enrol for an in-zone place, you just need to fill in an enrolment form and bring it in to the school along with the following documentation:
Birth Certificate
Current Passport with Immigration documents, if appropriate
Student Visa/Permit, if appropriate
Immunisation Documents must be provided
2 forms of evidence of your residential address for zoning purposes e.g. recent power bill, tenancy agreement etc. These must be no more than one month old. Bank statements are not sufficient as evidence for this purpose.
For online enrolment, please use our school code : 1231. If you have questions about the enrolment process or the information required, call us on 09 480 7365 or email us: office@bps.school.nz
As advised in the Enrolment Scheme advised by the Ministry of Education, students will be able to enrol at our school if they live within the home zone described below:
Starting at 165 Mokoia Road (160,165 and below included) travel east to Highbury bypass to Birkenhead Avenue (Roseberry Avenue (30,39 and below included), Miraka Place, Titiwai Place-included, Catrina Avenue and Paris Place – excluded. Include to the north, Birkenhead Avenue, Glenfield Road (127-145, 6-24 included) to Coroglen Avenue (included) and to the east, Onewa Road (178, 159 and above included), Park Avenue and Wernham Place included, Kauri Glen Road excluded. Travel south along Birkenhead Avenue then along Hinemoa Street before heading east along Maritime terrace. Follow the coastline west to Colonial Road before heading northwest across country to Blundell Place and Porritt Avenue (64, 75 and above included). Travel North along Porritt Avenue then west along the centre of Mokoia Road, back to the starting point.
All no exit roads off included, boundary roads are included in the zone otherwise stated. (Please note: The red line shows the boundary of the shared area with Verran School)