Frequently asked questions

Please provide copies or scans of the supporting documents with your application, then bring the original birth certificate (and passport/visa for students not born in New Zealand) when you come to your enrolment interview. We need to sight the original for our Ministry of Education documentation.

We take a number of out-of-zone enrolments each year depending on spaces available. Please make sure that you apply before the closing date to have the best chance in our ballot.

Please send in your application, but be aware that we will not be able to process it until we have these missing documents.

You cannot enrol as an in-zone applicant until you have proof of an in-zone address. You are welcome to submit an out-of-zone application.

You must provide some sort of proof of address in order for us to process an in-zone enrolment – please discuss this with us.

Your child will find out their timetable/classes/teachers on their first day of school.

This is a very large school and our entrance testing helps us to determine class placements, so we’re unable to take friendships into account for class placements.

No. All applications received by the closing date go into our ballot.

Please discuss these with us at your enrolment interview so that we can consider the ways we will be able to support your child.

Avondale College is a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) school. Students need to bring a fully charged laptop to school each day. We do have a small number of loan devices available. Please contact the Dean for more information.

Please discuss this with us at your enrolment interview, and request a referral to one of our guidance counsellors.