Enrolment Zone
What are School Zones?
The Ministry of Education directs schools to establish an enrolment zone to prevent overcrowding and Redwoodtown School has an enrolment zone in place. Details of the zone are available by contacting the school office on 035785200 or sending an email to office@redwoodtown.school.nz.
What is Redwoodtown School's Zone?
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Home Zone
All students who live within the home zone described below shall be eligible to enrol at the school.
The Home Zone includes addresses on both sides of the boundary roads mentioned in the description unless otherwise stated.
Starting from the intersection of Oakwood Lane and Hospital Road, the home zone follows:
West along the northern side of Hospital Road until Maxwell Road
North-east along Maxwell Road until New Renwick Road
West along New Renwick Road until Arthur Baker Place
From the intersection of New Renwick Road and Arthur Baker Place jumps north to the southern end of Burleigh Road
Including Arthur Baker Place
North-east along Burleigh Road until Mckendry Street
West along Mckendry Street until Maxwell Road
South-west along Maxwell Road until Alabama Road
East along Alabama Road until Scott Street
Including Howick Road between Alabama Road and Litchfield Street,
Including Burden Street,
Including Weld Street between Alabama Road and Litchfield Street,
Including Gill Crescent,
And including Newbourne Crescent
North along Scott Street until Ida Street
East along the southern side of Ida Street until Redwood Street
South along Redwood Street until Nikau Drive
East along Nikau Drive until Puketea Place
Including Pelorus Place,
And including Hitaua Place
From the intersection of Nikau Drive and Puketea Place jumps south along the eastern boundary of 165 Alabama Road to Alabama Road
West along Alabama Road until Redwood Street
Including Rosewood Place
South along Redwood Street until Hospital Road
Including Brooklyn Drive and all the side streets off it,
And including Gaylee Place.
Each year, applications for enrolment in the following year from in-zone students will be sought by a date that will be published by public notice in a medium appropriate to the area served by the school. This will enable the board to assess the number of places that can be made available to students who live outside the home zone.
Special Programmes
This priority category is not applicable at this school because the school does not run a Special programme approved by the Secretary.
Additional Entitlement to Enrol (Grandparenting)
For families of currently enrolled students whose addresses become out of zone as a result of the amendment to this Enrolment Scheme.
Section 75 of the Education and Training Act 2020 states that;
“the Secretary may authorise an enrolment scheme to permit a student to enrol at the school as if the student lived in the home zone of the school if, -
(a) in the case of an existing enrolment scheme whose home zone is amended, —
(i) the student lives outside the amended home zone; and
(ii) the student has a sibling who is enrolled at the school at the time that the amendment is implemented; and
(iii) the sibling, at the time that the amendment is implemented, lives inside the home zone as it was before the amendment; and
(iv) the student, at the time of enrolment, lives inside the home zone as it was before the amendment:
The Transitional arrangements (“Grandparenting”) section within the Guidelines for the development and operation of enrolment schemes for State Schools further clarifies that in order to enrol as if the student lived in the home zone:
(i) The sibling must also still be enrolled at the school at the time that the student wants to enrol
If applying for enrolment under this part of the Enrolment Scheme, the sibling’s name and evidence of a sibling relationship may be required by the school.
Section 75 of the Education and Training Act 2020 sets out the definition of a “sibling” for these purposes.
The school will maintain a list of students enrolled at the time of the implementation of the enrolment scheme change by the Board in order to enable determination of eligibility to enrol under this provision.
Note: That this is a very tightly defined definition. It would not apply to:
Children who move into the withdrawal area after the implementation of the enrolment scheme boundary amendment; or
Children of families/whānau who move out of the old zone after the implementation of the enrolment scheme boundary amendment.
Out of Zone Enrolments
Each year the School Board will determine the number of places which are likely to be available in the following enrolment period(s) for the enrolment of students who live outside the home zone. The Board will publish this information by public notice in a medium appropriate to the area served by the school. The notice will indicate how applications are to be made and will specify a date by which all applications must be received.
From August 2023
Out of zone applications for 2024 - Five positions offered in Year 0 each term. The Board moved the following;
The exact number of places will depend on the number of applications received from students who live within the school’s home zone.
In 2024 there will be enrolment periods. The first enrolment period runs from the first day of the new school year to the last day of term 1.
For students seeking enrolment within the first enrolment period, the deadline for receipt of applications for out-of-zone places is Friday 30 September 2023. This includes siblings of current students who live outside our enrolment zone.
Parents of students who live within the home zone and intend to enrol their child at any time during the next year should notify the school to assist the school to plan appropriately for next year. If the number of out-of-zone applications exceeds the number of places available, students will be selected by ballot. If a ballot for out-of-zone places is required, it will be held on Friday 20 October. Parents will be informed of the outcome of the ballot within three school days of the ballot being held.
Details relating to the subsequent enrolment periods are as follows.
Length of enrolment period: from the first day of term 2 to last day of term 2.
Deadline for receipt of applications: 14 February 2024
Date of ballot: Friday 16 February 2024
Length of enrolment period: from the first day of term 3 to last day of term 3.
Deadline for receipt of applications: 1 May 2024
Date of ballot: Friday 3 May 2024
Length of enrolment period: from the first day of term 4 to last day of term 4.
Deadline for receipt of applications: 24 July 2024
Date of ballot: Friday 26 July 2024