How to Enrol
In Zone Enrolments
Steps to Enrol your Child if you live within our school zone:
Complete the pre-enrolment application form below.
Closer to your child’s start date you will be emailed a link to complete our online Enrolment form.
Once you have completed the Enrolment form, please send us your child’s supporting documents. These can be emailed to office@wakaaranga.school.nz or come into the office to drop them off.
New Zealand Birth Certificate or your child’s Passport
Student Visa or Residency (if applicable)
Childhood Immunisation record
Proof of your home address x 2 (either an invoice from your electricity provider, internet provider, or other utility provider together with tenancy agreement and bond lodgment).
4. Your enrolment form and supporting documentation will be checked and you will then be sent a Confirmation and information about your child’s start at Wakaaranga School.
Please check if you live within the school zone here
Wakaaranga School Zone |
Street Numbers |
|---|---|
| Fordyce Ave | All ODD Numbers |
| Fisher Parade | From 134 up From 147 Up |
| Pakuranga Highway | EVEN numbers from 200-320 |
| Glenmore Road | All ODD Numbers EVEN numbers 52 up |
| Pigeon Mt Road | From 116 up From 103 up |
| Bucklands Beach Road | ODD numbers from 345 up |
| Gills Road | From 131 up From 120 UP |
| Himayala Drive | All EVEN numbers |
| Prince Regent Drive | ODD numbers from 47 up EVEN numbers from 62 up |
| Falstaff Place | EVEN numbers up to and including 32 |
Out of Zone Enrolments
Applications are currently only accepted for children who are turning 5 during 2026 and starting school for the first time. Out of Zone enrolments are not being accepted at any other year levels.
Steps to Enrol your Child if you live outside of our school zone:
Entry for out-of-zone children is by way of ballots which are held each term. Dates for when ballots close can be seen below.
Complete the Out of Zone enrolment application. Please make sure this is completed before the ballot closing date.
Your child’s name will be added to our ballot list. After the ballot has closed you will be contacted by email and advised of the outcome.
If your child has been offered a place at Wakaaranga School please complete the online Enrolment form as soon as possible.
Once you have completed the enrolment form, please send us your child’s supporting documents. These can be emailed to office@wakaaranga.school.nz or come into the office to drop them off.
New Zealand Birth Certificate or your child’s Passport
Student Visa or Residency (if applicable)
Childhood Immunisation record
Your enrolment form and supporting documentation will be checked and you will then be sent a Confirmation and information about your child’s start at Wakaaranga School.
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The current Out of Zone ballot for children starting school for the first time (Year 0/1) during Term 4 2026 is now open and will close on 1 August 2026.
The 2027 Out of Zone ballot for children starting school for the first time (Year 0/1) in 2027 will open on 1 July 2026 and close on Wednesday 14 October 2026. If a ballot is required, a ballot will be held on Wednesday 21 October 2026.
Out of Zone enrolments are not being accepted at any other year levels.
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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.
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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.
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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 approximately one month in advance of the ballot.
Applications are currently only accepted for children who are turning 5 during 2026 and starting school for the first time. Out of Zone enrolments are not being accepted at any other year levels