Northcross Intermediate
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| Northcross Intermediate School | |
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| Address | |
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10 Sartors Avenue , 0630 New Zealand | |
| Coordinates | 36°42′55″S 174°43′38″E / 36.7153°S 174.7272°E |
| Information | |
| Other names | Northcross |
| Type | State and day intermediate school |
| Motto | "Individual Growth through Challenge and Learning" |
| Founded | 1 February 1970 |
| Authority | State government |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 1396 |
| Administrator | Donne Greentree |
| Director | Murray Toohill (ICT), Shannon Hale (Sports), Sharon Hines (International Students) |
| Principal | Jonathan Tredray |
| Years | 7-8[1] |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| School roll | 1491[2] (August 2024) |
| Socio-economic decile | 10Z[3] |
| Website | www |
Northcross Intermediate is a state coeducational intermediate school located in the Northcross suburb 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 1491 students as of August 2024,[2]. Jonathon Tredray is currently the school principal.[4][5][6] The school focuses on "providing a dynamic and student centered learning environment in these very important years of an adolescent’s growth and development."[7] They have a wide range of extra curricular activities, mainly focused in sports and other activities.
History
[edit]Northcross Intermediate School was first opened on 1 February 1970.[8] 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.[9] Both Northcross and Sherwood Primary share the same field.
Enrolment
[edit]On the October 2015 Education Review Office (ERO) review of the school,[10] 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.
References
[edit]- ^ "Ministry of Education – Northcross Intermediate".
- ^ a b "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Teacher on drink-drive count - New Zealand News". NZ Herald. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- ^ Counts, Education. "Ministry of Education - Education Counts". www.educationcounts.govt.nz. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- ^ "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.