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The Auckland urban area has 340 primary schools, 80 secondary schools, and 29 composite (primary/secondary combined) schools as of February 2012, catering for nearly a quarter of a million students. The majority are state schools, but 63 schools are state-integrated and 39 are private.
Amongst the first settlers were some Catholics and in 1841 they established a school for boys, which was Auckland's first school of any sort. [19] [20] [21] St Paul's, Auckland's first church building (and parish) pictured here c. 1880. The city's first church, St Paul's and the Fort Britomart army barracks, were built on Point Britomart in 1841.
1 Etymology. 2 History. 3 Demographics. ... Auckland Region: Ward: Franklin ward: ... Patumahoe School is a contributing state primary school (years 1–6) with a ...
Canterbury (Waitaha) – after the city and archdiocese of Canterbury in England; Cape Farewell – named due to being the last part of New Zealand seen by Captain James Cook and his crew in 1770 before beginning their homeward voyage
1 Etymology. 2 Geography. 3 History. ... Within the Auckland Council, ... Chelsea School is a coeducational contributing primary (years 1-6) school with a roll of 393 ...
Belmont Primary School was established in June 1912, first operating from the St Margaret's church hall, until a purpose-build school was opened in 1913. [8] In 1927, Takapuna Grammar School was opened in Belmont. [24] During the 1950s, the New Zealand Government constructed housing for the staff of Devonport Naval Base at Belmont and Bayswater ...
There are 13 school years and attending state (public) schools is free to New Zealand citizens and permanent residents from a person's 5th birthday to the end of the calendar year following their 19th birthday. [355] New Zealand has an adult literacy rate of 99%, [94] and over half of the population aged 15 to 29 hold a tertiary qualification ...
True-colour image of the region showing the Auckland urban area as the brownish area just left of centre, with the Hauraki Gulf to the right. On the mainland, the region extends from the mouth of the Kaipara Harbour in the north across the southern stretches of the Northland Peninsula, through the Waitākere Ranges and the Auckland isthmus and across the low-lying land surrounding the Manukau ...