ENROLMENT
ENROLMENT
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When should I enrol my child to go to school?
When should I enrol my child to go to school?
Your child can start school or kura in New Zealand between age five and six. All children must be enrolled at school by their sixth birthday.
When your child has started at school or kura, they must go to school every day. This is a change from the earlier rule, where regular attendance was required only from age six.
Enrolling early helps the school or kura with their planning. As soon as you've decided on a school or kura get in touch with them to enrol your child, arrange a time for your child to start and arrange some visits to get your child used to school or kura.
New Entrant Enrolments
New Entrant Enrolments
Children are enrolled from their fifth birthday. Children cannot be enrolled before their fifth birthday, but some familiarisation visits prior to enrollment is strongly recommended. The normal procedure is for visits to be arranged four weeks prior to starting. This normally consists of 1-2 visits for a morning session. Please ring the school office on 03 762 5740 to arrange this. A copy of your child’s birth certificate and vaccination certificate must be left at the school office.
Transfers from other schools
Transfers from other schools
When the necessary enrollment forms have been completed at the school office, the child will be placed in what is considered to be the correct class level. This will be confirmed when the records from the previous school are received.
How do I enrol my child? What paperwork do I need to provide?
How do I enrol my child? What paperwork do I need to provide?
You enrol directly with the school or kura. Contact them to find out their enrolment process, and to get their enrolment forms.
Documents for Enrolling
Documents for Enrolling
Check with the school to see what paperwork they want. They will want things like:
a copy of your child’s birth certificate or passport as proof of age
a copy of their immunisation certificate (this is in the back of your Well Child book or ask your family doctor for a copy)
medical information including your doctor’s contact details
any legal documents, for example, custody or access agreements the school should know about
if your child has been enrolled in early childhood education, their National Student Number (NSN), and ECE leaver’s record
contact details: your family phone numbers and address and someone the school or kura can call in an emergency if they can’t get hold of you.
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