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Papamoa College

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Funding type
  
State

Principal
  
Steve Lindsey

Gender
  
Co-educational

Founded
  
February 2011

Ministry of Education Institution no.
  
6963

Years offered
  
7–13

Phone
  
+64 7-542 0676

Ministry of education institution number
  
6963

Opened
  
February 2011 (February 2011)

Address
  
151 Doncaster Dr, Papamoa Beach, Papamoa 3118, New Zealand

Motto
  
Inspired Learning. Exciting Futures.

Similar
  
Mount Maunganui College, Tauranga Boys College, Tauranga Girls' College, Te Puke High School, Papamoa Primary School

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Papamoa College is a state coeducational Year 7–13 secondary school located in the eponymous eastern suburb of Tauranga, New Zealand. The school opened in February 2011 as the city's fifth state secondary school, serving the growing Papamoa area. As of July 2016, the school has 1038 students from Years 7 to 13 (ages 10 to 18).

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History

The Government purchased the Papamoa College site in 1999. The school was gazetted by the Education Minister, Anne Tolley, on 27 May 2009. Construction of the school began in October 2009, and cost $27.7 million.

Papamoa College opened for the first time in February 2011, initially taking only Year 7–9 students. The school was officially opened on 15 April 2011, with Minister Tolley, Tauranga mayor Stuart Crosby, and local MP Tony Ryall in attendance. Additional school years opened as the 2011 Year 9 students moved through. The final year, Year 13, opened at the beginning of 2015.

Enrolment

At the July 2012 Education Review Office (ERO) review of the school, Papamoa College had 603 students enrolled. The school roll's gender composition was 51% male and 49% female, and its ethnic composition was 56% New Zealand European (Pākehā), 26% Māori, 12% other European, 3% Indian, 2% other Asian, and 1% Pacific Islanders.

References

Papamoa College Wikipedia


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