Northcross Intermediate
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Coordinates | 36°42′55″S 174°43′38″E / 36.7152994331°S 174.727208229°ECoordinates: 36°42′55″S 174°43′38″E / 36.7152994331°S 174.727208229°E |
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Motto | "Individual Growth through Challenge and Learning" |
Established | 1 February 1970 |
Ministry of Education Institution no. | 1396 |
Principal | Jonathan Tredray |
Years offered | 7–8[1] |
Gender | Co-educational |
Enrollment | 1339[2] (November 2021) |
Socio-economic decile | 10Z[3] |
Website | https://www.northcross.school.nz/ |
Northcross Intermediate is a state coeducational intermediate school located in the North Shore of Auckland, New Zealand. Years 7 to 8 are the year group (ages ranging from 10 to 13). The school has 1339 students as of November 2021,[2]. Jonathon Tredray is currently the school principal.[4] The school focuses on "providing a dynamic and student centered learning environment in these very important years of an adolescent’s growth and development."[5] They have a wide range of extra curricular activities, mainly focused in sports and other activities.
History[]
Northcross Intermediate School was first opened on 1 February 1970.[6] The school is located in the suburb of Northcross, in the North Shore of Auckland, New Zealand. Sherwood School, the neighboring primary school (years 1 – 6) directly next to Northcross Intermediate, opened in 1976, 6 years after Northcross Intermediate opened.[7] Both Northcross and Sherwood Primary share the same field.
Enrolment[]
On the October 2015 Education Review Office (ERO) review of the school,[8] Northcross Intermediate had 1351 students. The rolls gender composition consisted of 53% male and 47% female, and the ethnic composition was 53% New Zealand European (Pākehā), 24% Other European, 13% Asian, 8% Māori, 1% Pacific Islander and 1% Other.
Northcross Intermediate has a socio-economic decile of 10Z, meaning that it gets students from higher socio-economic areas compared to other New Zealand schools, such as areas like in the East Coast Bays, and other high socio-economic areas. Northcross Intermediate generally performs better than schools that have greater socio-economic disadvantage, which is to be expected.
References[]
- ^ "Ministry of Education – Northcross Intermediate".
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Northcross Intermediate School :: Staff Contacts". www.northcross.school.nz. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Northcross Intermediate School :: About NX". www.northcross.school.nz. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Celebration at Northcross Intermediate". North Shore Times Advertiser. 4 November 1999. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Sherwood Primary School". Education Gazette New Zealand. 9 July 2001.
- ^ "Northcross Intermediate | Education Review Office". ero.govt.nz. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- Intermediate schools in Auckland
- 1970 establishments in New Zealand
- Educational institutions established in 1970