State and day intermediate school in Northcross, New Zealand
Northcross Intermediate is a state coeducational intermediate school located in the Northcross suburb in the North Shore of Auckland, New Zealand. Years 7 to 8 are the year group (ages ranging from 10 to 13). The school has 1,500 students as of November 2024,[2]. Jonathon Tredray is currently the school principal.[4][5][6] The school focuses on "providing a dynamic and student centered learning environment in these very important years of an adolescent’s growth and development."[7] They have a wide range of extra curricular activities, mainly focused in sports and other activities.
History
Northcross Intermediate School was first opened on 1 February 1970.[8] The school is located in the suburb of Northcross, in the North Shore of Auckland, New Zealand. Sherwood School, the neighboring primary school (years 1 – 6) directly next to Northcross Intermediate, opened in 1976, 6 years after Northcross Intermediate opened.[9] Both Northcross and Sherwood Primary share the same field.
Enrolment
On the October 2015 Education Review Office (ERO) review of the school,[10] Northcross Intermediate had 1351 students. The rolls gender composition consisted of 53% male and 47% female, and the ethnic composition was 53% New Zealand European (Pākehā), 24% Other European, 13% Asian, 8% Māori, 1% Pacific Islander and 1% Other.
Northcross Intermediate has a socio-economic decile of 10Z, meaning that it gets students from higher socio-economic areas compared to other New Zealand schools, such as areas like in the East Coast Bays, and other high socio-economic areas.
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