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Purpose of this consultation#
With new teaching spaces at Hamilton East School having increased capacity at the school, we are working with the school board to amend their enrolment scheme. This would extend the boundary to include the area between Boundary and Peachgrove Roads (such as Brooklyn Road, Pearsons Avenue, and Young Street).
We want feedback on the proposed enrolment scheme amendment to help inform our final decision. Review the proposed map and description before giving your feedback.
About enrolment schemes#
Enrolment schemes help school boards manage enrolments and make sure children who live in the home zone can attend the school.
Enrolment schemes:
- help the board manage the risk of overcrowding
- provide a fair and transparent enrolment process
- make the best use of schooling facilities across the local school network.
What is changing#
A key part of an enrolment scheme is the home zone. Home zones set out a geographic area, and only the students living in this area would have the right to enrol at the school. We are proposing making changes to the current home zone. See the map and written description below.
All areas proposed for addition to the Hamilton East School home zone were formerly part of the school home zone (until a 2025 amendment) and will remain zoned also for Fairfield School.
The enrolment scheme amendment is proposed to commence on 1 January 2027.
Any student who is already enrolled at Hamilton East School before the enrolment scheme amendment commences is entitled to stay at the school.
How this might affect you and your whānau | family#
All ākonga | learners who live within the home zone of Hamilton East School will be entitled to attend the school. Those who live outside the home zone may be accepted if there are out-of-zone places available. Siblings of current students who reside outside the amended home zone will have priority access to any out-of-zone places offered by the school.
To be able to offer out-of-zone places, boards of state schools monitor the number of applications received from in-zone students. This helps them determine the places they might have available for out-of-zone students once all in-zone enrolments are accepted.
Share any feedback you have on this in the survey. See the documents below for more information.
Have your say#
It is important that we hear and understand community perspectives before making an amendment to the enrolment scheme for Hamilton East School.
In particular, we want feedback on:
- the proposed home zone
- how it would work in practice.
Hamilton East School – proposed enrolment scheme amendment survey
