Long Bay College
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Coordinates | 36°41′26″S 174°44′28″E / 36.690653°S 174.741025°ECoordinates: 36°41′26″S 174°44′28″E / 36.690653°S 174.741025°E |
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Funding type | State |
Motto | "Personal excellence for global success." |
Established | 1975[2] |
Ministry of Education Institution no. | 27 |
Principal | CJ Healey |
Years offered | 9–13[1] |
Gender | Co-educational |
School roll | 1498[3] (November 2021) |
Socio-economic decile | 10Z[4] |
Website | www |
Long Bay College is a state co-educational secondary school located in the town of Long Bay, a suburb of the North Shore in Auckland, New Zealand. The decile 10 school serves Years 9 to 13 (ages 12 to 18), and has 1498 students as of November 2021.[3] Christopher (CJ) Healey is the school's current principal.[5]
History[]
Long Bay College first opened in 1975. The first principal of Long Bay College was Ian Sage, who then had a street directly leading from the school named after him - Ian Sage Avenue. Like most of New Zealand state secondary schools in the 1970s, the school was built to the S68 design, characterised by single-storey classroom blocks with masonry walls, low-pitched roofs with protruding clerestory windows, and internal open courtyards.[6]
Enrolment[]
On the August 2018 Education Review Office (ERO) review of the school, Long Bay College had 1408 students, including 154 international students. The school roll's gender composition was 51% male and 49% female, and its ethnic composition was 52% New Zealand European (Pākehā), 28% Other European, 8% Asian, 6% Māori, 2% Pacific Islanders, and 5% Other.[7]
Principals[]
![Principals.jpg](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Principals.jpg/220px-Principals.jpg)
Current and all former principals of the college:[8]
- Mr CJ Healey – Current principal since 2017[9]
- Mr Russell Brooke – 2008 to 2017
- Mrs Stephanie Norrie – 2000 to 2008
- Mr Derek Stubbs – 1992 to 2000
- Mr Ian Sage – Foundation Principal, 1974 to 1991
Notable alumni[]
- Bridgette Armstrong - played for the New Zealand women's national football team, attended Long Bay College.[10][11][12]
- Andrew Papas - member of the boyband Titanium.
- Paul Wiseman - spin bowler and played international cricket for New Zealand
- Jason Hicks - Footballer[13]
- Tayla Alexander - Singer [14]
- David Newman - Musician
References[]
- ^ "Ministry of Education - Long Bay College". Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ The school's 25th jubilee took place in 2000. "Jubilees & reunions - Long Bay College". Education Gazette New Zealand. 78 (5). 29 March 1999.
- ^ a b "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
- ^ "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ "Leadership Team". Long Bay College. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Catalogue of Standard School Building Types" (PDF). Christchurch: Ministry of Education. August 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ "Long Bay College Education Review". Education Review Office. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Long Bay College Celebrates Mr Paul Bourdōt's 34 years of teaching excellence". Long Bay College. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
- ^ "Leadership Team". Long Bay College. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ "Bridgette Armstrong". Ultimate NZ Soccer. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ Ruane, Jeremy. ""Army" Keen To Maintain The Family Tradition". Soccer. SportsWeb. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
- ^ Maddaford, Terry (11 August 2007). "Soccer: Another Armstrong aims high". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ Maddaford, Terry (9 December 2010). "Soccer: Hicks finds a place in the country". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ Dunlop, Ryan. "Sowing seeds of success: One million views, a $30,000 scholarship and excellence endorsement". www.nzherald.co.nz. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
External links[]
- Long Bay College website
- Education Review Office (ERO) report
- Educational institutions established in 1975
- Secondary schools in Auckland
- North Shore, New Zealand
- New Zealand secondary schools of S68 plan construction
- 1975 establishments in New Zealand
- New Zealand school stubs