Enrolment Information
Enrolments
In Zone Enrolment applicatons only can be submitted online, for the remainder of the 2025 school year.
In Zone and Out of Zone Enrolment applications for the 2026 school year are now open.
All enrolment applications are to be completed online. See ENROL NOW button below.
23 June Enrolments open
22 August In Zone enrolment applications due
27 August Out of Zone enrolment applications close at 4.00 pm
3 September Out of Zone ballot drawn and applicants notified by email
6 November Orientation visit for new students in 2026
6 November New parent evening
To be eligible to attend Somerville Intermediate as an in-zone student, the student needs to reside within the school’s "home" zone, throughout the school term, including weekends. If you are unsure whether you are residing in our school's "home" zone, please check our zone map or in zone street list.
For the purpose of enrolment, the home address given MUST be the student's usual place of residence, when the school is open for instruction.
All enrolment applications must be made online by clicking on the ENROL NOW button at the bottom of the page.
2026 Out of Zone Enrolments
Out of Zone enrolment applications for 2026 are now OPEN.
Enrolment applications close on Wednesday 27 August 2025 at 4.00 pm.
Ballot Conducted: Wednesday 3 September 2025.
A ballot is held for students who wish to apply to attend as an out of zone student the following year. The exact number of out of zone placements will be determined by the Somerville Intermediate School Board and is depending on the number of applications receiving from students living within the Somerville Intermediate “home” zone, who enrol as in zone students.
The Amendment Act 2010 states that applications will be processed in order of priority:
Priority 1 is not applicable at Somerville Intermediate, as the school does not run a special programme.
Priority 2 will be given to applicants who are siblings of current students.
Priority 3 will be given to applicants who are siblings of former students.
Priority 4 will be given o applicants who are children of former students.
Priority 5 will be given to applicants who are children of board employees.
Priority 6 will be given to all other applicants.
All families will be notified of the outcome of the ballot within 24 hours of the ballot taking place Notifications will be sent by email to the Primary Contact, as nominated on the online enrolment application.
Providing correct living arrangement information
Ministry of Education Guidelines and Regulations
The Ministry of Education guidelines state that parents should also be informed of the possible consequences of deliberately attempting to gain unfair priority in enrolment by knowingly giving a false address or making an in zone living arrangement which they intend to be only temporary.
For example:
Renting or residing in zone on a short term basis (any rental agreement must be for a minimum of one year)
Arranging a temporary board in zone with a relative or friend
Using an in zone address of a relative or friend as an "address of convenience", with no intention of living there on a permanent basis.
If there is a Legal Guardianship Order/Authorised Primary Duty of Care in place, this must be a long-standing arrangement and not created solely for the purpose of gaining entry to the school. The Legal Guardianship Order should be attached with the enrolment. If Authorised Primaryt Duty of Care, written evidence from a NZ lawyer must be provided and attached, substantiating the legality and existing long-term nature of this relationship.
If the Board has reasonable grounds for believing that the given in zone address will not be a genuine ongoing living arrangement, the Board may decline the application for enrolment.
After attendance has begun, if the school learns that the student no longer resides at the in zone address which was given at the time of application, and we have reasonable grounds to believe that the in zone address has been used for the purpose of unfairly gaining priority of enrolment, then the Board may annul the enrolment.
Enrolment Privacy Statement
As a general rule, information about any person is not given to a third party without the person's knowledge, unless: the information is already publicly available, it is being passed on in connection with a purpose for which it was obtained, for example, to the student's new school and Board elections, the right to privacy is over-ridden by other legislation, it is necessary for the protection of individual or public health and safety. You have the right to access the information that the school holds about your child.
If you do not agree to your child's information being passed on to their next school, they may not be able to gain early access to support and resources available to them. If you do not consent to your child's information being passed on to their next school or wish to withdraw consent, please contact the school office.
We only keep information for as long as it is needed, and for the purposes for which it was obtained. Information is stored in ENROL, the Ministry of Education school database. When a student moves to a new school and their records are requested, we forward the relevant information that we hold. We securely dispose of personal information that is no longer needed. Information is only used for the purposes for which it was obtained, except in certain circumstances (for example, for statistical purposes where the person's identity is not disclosed). We safeguard students' information and we do not release that information to third parties unless we are allowed, or required to, release information by law. This covers disclosure to persons other than those able to legitimately access material about their own children.