Enrolments
Below you will find information about enrolling your children at Te Kura o Manunui. Included is information about our enrolment scheme, school zone and enrolment form.
Te Kura o Manunui welcomes families to come and look around our school. To arrange a visit or find out more information about enrolling please contact the school office on 576 9433 or email office@tkom.school.nz.
For additional information on our school please download the School Information Booklet (see menu bar).
Enrolment Scheme
Our school operates an enrolment zone. Our zone protects our school from overcrowding. If you live within the school zone, then your children have automatic acceptance. Out-of-zone enrolments are considered via a ballot system, and are subject to classroom availability.
Applications for enrolment will be processed in the following order of priority:
First priority: will be given to any applicant who is accepted for enrolment in a special programme run by the school.
Second Priority: will be given to any applicant who is the sibling of a current student of the school.
Third Priority: will be given to any student who is the sibling of a former student of the school:
Fourth Priority: will be given to any applicant who is a child of a former student of the school:
Fifth Priority: will 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:
Sixth Priority: will be given to all other applicants
Out of zone enrolments must identify which of the six priority groups that they are applying under. Available places are allocated to priority groups in the order that they are listed above. If the number of applicants exceeds the number of places available, students will be selected by ballot. If there are more applicants in the second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth priority groups than there are places available, selection within the priority group will 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 the ballot by notice in a daily or community newspaper circulating in the area served by the school and the school newsletter, the school Facebook page and the school website
Applicants seeking second or third priority status may be required to give proof of sibling relationship.
School Zone
All students who live within the home zone described below (and shown on the attached map) shall be entitled to enrol at the school.
Starting at 126 State Highway 2 (Tamatea Arikinui Drive), head along the road to Cambridge Road. Only the northern side of SH2 is included. Follow Cambridge Road to Townhead Crescent. Cambridge Road to number 163 is included in zone. All of Townhead Crescent and its side streets are also included in zone.
From the end of Townhead Crescent, head to Takitimu Drive and follow this road around to the intersection with Waihi Road. From this intersection, head to the coastline and follow it around to Kingswood Road. Kingswood Road and all of its side streets are included in zone.
At the intersection of Kingswood Road and Bellevue Road, head North and into Otumoetai Road. The odd numbers up to number 173 Otumoetai Road are included in zone. (NB. The even numbers of Otumoetai Road are not in the zone)
From the intersection of Bellevue Road and Otumoetai Road follow Bellevue Road to the intersection with Windsor Road. Even numbers to number 184 Bellevue Road are in zone. (NB. Odd numbers of Bellevue Road are not in zone. Windsor Road, Seymour Place and Brookfield Terrace are not in zone)
Head down Upland Street onto The Drive, into Warwick Place and onto Millers Road. All of these roads, Jefferson Place and Regent Street are in zone. Follow Millers Road into Carmichael Road to just beyond the Gordon Carmichael Reserve. From this point head back to the starting point at 126 SH2.
Both sides of the road are included unless otherwise stated.
Proof of residence within the home zone will be required.
School Entry Information
At Te Kura a Manunui we have a cohort entry policy for students who are due to start school for the first time.
How it works
We have two intake periods each term - at the start of term and at mid term.
All new entrants who turn 5 before the start of the term can start at the beginning of that term, or at a later mid term or start of term date before their 6th birthday.
If their birthday falls after the start of term but before the mid term date, they can enrol on the mid term date, or at a later start of term or mid term date before their 6th birthday.
Children must have turned 5 before they can enrol in school.
Start dates are dictated by the Ministry of Education and local early childhood centres / kohanga and whānau will be notified of these dates at least a term in advance.
This will mean that we have eight dates during the year where new entrants start in the classroom. Students will not start on their 5th birthday.
Enrolment Forms
Please print, complete and return the enrolment form to the school office, along with supporting documents, either in person or by email to office@tkom.school.nz. (See the menu bar for the enrolment form).
Supporting documentation required:
- A copy of the eligibility document for your child. This can be either:
- NZ birth certificate or NZ passport (if NZ citizen)
- Australian passport (if Australian citizen) or
- NZ residency permit or NZ student visa/permit and Parental work permit (if the child is not a NZ citizen).
- Proof of your address (rates/power bill, rental/sales agreement - no older than 3 months).
- Immunisation records (full schedule from Well Child Book or print-out from Medical Centre).