Purposes
· To avoid overcrowding or the likelihood of overcrowding
· To ensure that the selection of candidates for enrolment from outside the school zone, is fair and transparent.
 
Principles
· Students living within the zone, have the absolute right to enrol at any time
· No more students are excluded than necessary to avoid overcrowding
· The zone established will touch or overlap the boundaries of any neighbouring scheme
· A consultative process will be used to establish the scheme
· The scheme will be regularly reviewed
 
Home Zone
The home zone is bounded in the south east by the centerline of Parsons Street from Great North Road to Somerset Road.
The south western extremity of the home zone is comprised of properties on both sides of and with access to Somerset Road and Sussex Road.
In the west the zones extremity is as follows:
Properties with access to and on either side of: Springvale Road up to Cathro Road (but excluding Cathro Road); Downes Avenue; Peakes Road; Montgomery Road between its intersection with Great North Road (State Highway 3) in the east and Sandcroft Drive in the west (the latter being excluded from the zone);

Virginia Heights; Great North Road up to and including Pickwick Road and Dickens Lane; Beachcroft; Turere Place and Titimoana Place.
In the north east the zone extremity is defined as including all properties on both sides of and with access to the following roads (and/or parts of roads):
Great North Road between its intersection with Parsons Street in the East and Pickwick Road to the West; Kingston Way; Mannington Road; Edmonds Drive and side streets; and, Virginia Road and its side streets, including Porritt Street, Oakland Avenue and any side streets off these.
All properties within the confines of these extremities are also in zone.
 
Priorities for Selection of Out-Of-Zone Students
First priority siblings of current students
Second priority siblings of former students
Third priority children of board employees
Fourth priority all other students