Enrolment Information

2024 In Zone Enrolment

To be eligible to attend Somerville Intermediate as an in-zone student, the student needs to reside within the school’s "home" zone, throughout the school term, including weekends. If you are unsure whether you are residing in our school's "home" zone, please check our zone map or in zone street list.

For the purpose of enrolment, the home address given MUST be the student's usual place of residence, when the school is open for instruction.

IN ZONE ENROLMENT APPLICATIONS ONLY ARE BEING ACCEPTED FOR THE 2024 YEAR.

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Both In Zone and Out of Zone Enrolment applications for 2025 will only be accepted from the start of Term 3 ie Monday 22 July 2024.

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Documentation Required for In Zone Enrolment

When completing the online enrolment application form, please ensure you have the following supporting documentation ready to be uploaded with the form.

New Zealand Citizens - NZ birth certificate or NZ passport or Citizenship certificate

Non New Zealand Citizens - Passport and residency visa or parent's work visa AND child's student visa

Your child's immunisation certificate

A copy of your child's most recent report

TWO proof of residence documents that clearly show the parent/guardian's name and in zone address. ONLY the following documents are accepted:

A current Sale and Purchase Agreement or a current Tenancy Agreement (showing a 12 month fixed term in a council approved rateable dwelling)

A current electricity or gas account in the name of the parent/guardian showing the in zone mailing and supply address

A current Watercare account in the name of the parent/guardian showing the in zone mailing and supply address

A current Internet/Broadband account in the name of the parent/guardian showing the in zone mailing and supply address

Providing correct living arrangement information

Ministry of Education Guidelines and Regulations

The Ministry of Education guidelines state that parents should also be informed of the possible consequences of deliberately attempting to gain unfair priority in enrolment by knowingly giving a false address or making an in zone living arrangement which they intend to be only temporary.

For example:

Renting or residing in zone on a short term basis (any rental agreement must be for a minimum of one year)
Arranging a temporary board in zone with a relative or friend
Using an in zone address of a relative or friend as an "address of convenience", with no intention of living there on a permanent basis.

If there is a Legal Guardianship Order/Authorised Primary Duty of Care in place, this must be a long-standing arrangement and not created solely for the purpose of gaining entry to the school. The Legal Guardianship Order should be attached with the enrolment. If Authorised Primaryt Duty of Care, written evidence from a NZ lawyer must be provided and attached, substantiating the legality and existing long-term nature of this relationship.

If the Board has reasonable grounds for believing that the given in zone address will not be a genuine ongoing living arrangement, the Board may decline the application for enrolment.

After attendance has begun, if the school learns that the student no longer resides at the in zone address which was given at the time of application, and we have reasonable grounds to believe that the in zone address has been used for the purpose of unfairly gaining priority of enrolment, then the Board may annul the enrolment.

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Enrolment Privacy Statement

As a general rule, information about any person is not given to a third party without the person's knowledge, unless: the information is already publicly available, it is being passed on in connection with a purpose for which it was obtained, for example, to the student's new school, the right to privacy is over-ridden by other legislation, it is necessary for the protection of individual or public health and safety. You have the right to access the information that the school holds about your child.

If you do not agree to your child's information being passed on to their next school, they may not be able to gain early access to support and resources available to them. If you do not consent to your child's information being passed on to their next school or wish to withdraw consent, please contact the school office.

We only keep information for as long as it is needed, and for the purposes for which it was obtained. Information is stored in ENROL, the Ministry of Education school database. When a student moves to a new school and their records are requested, we forward the relevant information that we hold. We securely dispose of personal information that is no longer needed. Information is only used for the purposes for which it was obtained, except in certain circumstances (for example, for statistical purposes where the person's identity is not disclosed). We safeguard students' information and we do not release that information to third parties unless we are allowed, or required to, release information by law. This covers disclosure to persons other than those able to legitimately access material about their own children.