Long Bay College
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36°41′26″S 174°44′28″E / 36.690653°S 174.741025°E | |
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| Funding type | State |
| Motto | "Care. Create. Excel." |
| Established | 1975[1] |
Ministry of Education Institution no. | 27 |
Principal | CJ Healey |
Years offered | 9–13[2] |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Enrollment | 1,960[3] (July 2026) |
Socio-economic decile | 10Z[4] |
| Website | www |
Long Bay College is a state co-educational secondary school located in Long Bay, a suburb of the North Shore in Auckland, New Zealand. The decile 10 school serves Years 9 to 13, and has 1,960 students as of July 2026.[3] Christopher (CJ) Healey is the school's current principal.[5] Long Bay College has a large zone boundary including the upper east coast bays, Brookfield, Albany, Albany heights, Redvale, Coatesville, Paremoremo and Brighams creek.
History
[edit]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]
In 2017 a fire destroyed the college's woodwork block.[7]
Enrolment
[edit]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.[8]
As of July 2026, Long Bay College has roll of 1,960 students, of which 155 (7.9%) identify as Māori.[3]
As of 2026, the school has an Equity Index of 422,[9] placing it amongst schools whose students have few socioeconomic barriers to achievement (roughly equivalent to deciles 8 and 9 under the former socio-economic decile system).[10]
Principals
[edit]- Mr CJ Healey – Current principal since 2017[11]
- 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
[edit]- Bridgette Armstrong – played for the New Zealand women's national football team, attended Long Bay College.[12][13][14]
- Andrew Papas – member of the boyband Titanium.
- Paul Wiseman – spin bowler and played international cricket for New Zealand.
- Jason Hicks – footballer[15]
- Tayla Alexander – singer[16]
Gallery
[edit]
Long Bay College former sign and slogan
s68 design classroom block in LBC
Current (L) and all former principals of the college[17]
References
[edit]- ↑ The school's 25th jubilee took place in 2000. "Jubilees & reunions - Long Bay College". Education Gazette New Zealand. 78 (5). 29 March 1999.
- ↑ "Ministry of Education - Long Bay College". Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- 1 2 3 "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Shrimpton, Wilhelmina; Wong, Simon (24 February 2017). "Large fire at Long Bay College". Newshub. Archived from the original on 23 February 2017.
- ↑ "Long Bay College Education Review". Education Review Office. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ↑ "New Zealand Equity Index". New Zealand Ministry of Education.
- ↑ "School Equity Index Bands and Groups". educationcounts.govt.nz. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
- ↑ "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. Archived from the original on 27 September 2008. 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". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ↑ Dunlop, Ryan. "Sowing seeds of success: One million views, a $30,000 scholarship and excellence endorsement". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ↑ "Long Bay College Celebrates Mr Paul Bourdōt's 34 years of teaching excellence". Long Bay College. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
External links
[edit]- Long Bay College website
- Education Review Office (ERO) report
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