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Long Bay College

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Funding type
  
State

Ministry of Education Institution no.
  
27

Years offered
  
9–13

Phone
  
+64 9-477 9009

Ministry of education institution number
  
27

Established
  
1975

Principal
  
Russell Brooke

Gender
  
Co-educational

Founded
  
1975

Address
  
Ashley Ave, Torbay, Auckland 0630, New Zealand

Motto
  
"Success with confidence and creativity."

Similar
  
Rangitoto College, Westlake Girls High School, Rosmini College, Orewa College, Kristin School

Profiles

High school long bay college documentary 2013


Long Bay College is a state co-educational secondary school located on the North Shore of Auckland, New Zealand. The decile 10 school serves Years 9 to 13 (ages 12 to 18), and has 1675 students as of July 2016. Russell Brooke is the current principal of Long Bay College.

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History

Long Bay College opened in the North Shore of Auckland in 1975. The very first Principal of Long Bay College was Ian Sage, who then had a street leading from the school named after him - Ian Sage Ave. Like most New Zealand state secondary schools of 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.

Senior Management

  • Mr Russell Brooke - Principal
  • Mrs Jac Beasleigh - Acting Deputy Principal
  • Mrs Jayne Jones - Acting Deputy Principal
  • Mrs Thea Kilian - Deputy Principal
  • Mrs Carol Mare - Deputy Principal School Logistics
  • Mr Rajeev Sharma - Deputy Principal
  • Enrolment

    At the May 2013 Education Review Office (ERO) review of the school, Long Bay College had 1657 students, including 99 international students. The school roll's gender composition was 51% male and 49% female, and its ethnic composition was 52% New Zealand European (Pākehā), 17% South African, 14% British/Irish, 7% Asian, 4% Māori, 1% Pacific Islanders, and 5% Other.

    Notable alumni

  • Bridgette Armstrong - played for the New Zealand women's national football team, attended Long Bay College.
  • Andrew Papas - member of the boyband Titanium.
  • Paul Wiseman - spin bowler and played international cricket for New Zealand
  • References

    Long Bay College Wikipedia