New Enrolments

We welcome all students and whanau to visit our "neat wee school", meet our staff and explore our wonderful environment. To enrol your child, please go to https://forms.gle/wm2F5QHp3t1AfeTq9.  For further information, please contact the school om 03 3128828 or office@loburn.school.nz

Enrolment Zone

All students who live within the home zone described below (and/or shown on the attached map) shall be entitled to enrol at the school.

The Home Zone will fall within the boundaries of:

The Ashley River; Both sides of Fletchers Road to Dixons Road, west along Dixons Road to Wallers Road, Wallers Road to Carrs Road, North along Carrs Road to a point 2.1kms south of Station Road, south back on Carrs Road to Carboys Road, Carboys Road to Loburn-Whiterock Road, North along Loburn-Whiterock Road to a point 1km south of Chapel Road, south back on Loburn-Whiterock Road to Hodgsons Road, west along Hodgsons Road to Stonyflat Road, Stonyflat Road to Chapel Road, west along  South side of Chapel Road to Yaxleys Road, carry on west to the Okuku River, north along the Okuku River.

Our home zone will include everything west of the Okuku River to Garry River Road, south along Garry River Road to Mile Road, Mile Road to Birch Hill Road, east back along Birch Hill Road to Rakahuri Road, Rakahuri to the Ashley River.

Proof of residence within the home zone may be required.   

Each year, applications for enrolment in the following year from in-zone students will be sought by a date which will be published in a daily or community newspaper circulating in the area served by the school.  This will enable the board to assess the number of places which can be made available to students who live outside the home zone.

Out of zone enrolments

Each year the board will determine the number of places which are likely to be available in the following year for the enrolment of students who live outside the home zone.  The board will publish this information by notice in a daily or community newspaper circulating in 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.   

Applications for enrolment will be processed in the following order of priority:

First Priority students accepted for enrolment in a special programme run by the school.

Second Priority will be given to applicants who are siblings of current students.

Third Priority will be given to applicants who are siblings of former students.

Fourth Priority will be given to applicants who are children of board employees.

Firth Priority will 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 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 any ballot by notice in a daily or community newspaper circulating in the area served by the school.

Applicants seeking second or third priority status may be required to give proof of a sibling relationship.