Papatoetoe Intermediate School

Papatoetoe Intermediate
Address
Motatau Road, Papatoetoe, Auckland
New Zealand
Coordinates 36°57′42″S 174°51′19″E / 36.9617°S 174.8554°E / -36.9617; 174.8554Coordinates: 36°57′42″S 174°51′19″E / 36.9617°S 174.8554°E / -36.9617; 174.8554
Information
Type State co-ed intermediate (Year 7–8)
Motto Whaka pokai tara
(Lead, as Tara led)
Established 1953
Ministry of Education Institution no. 1428
Principal Ms Pauline Cornwell
School roll 697[1] (August 2018)
Socio-economic decile 2
Website papatoetoeint.school.nz

Papatoetoe Intermediate School is an intermediate school (years 7–8) in Papatoetoe, a suburb of Manukau Ward, Auckland Region, New Zealand.

The school opened in 1953 on a site adjacent to Dominion Breweries on Great South Road in Papatoetoe. The school was called Otara Intermediate School, the name used then for that part of the district. The 650 pupils enrolled at that time came from both Papatoetoe and the surrounding district. The school comprised a double storey block of 16 classrooms and several specialist rooms, including a library. The headmaster was Mr R.A. Robbie. A school committee and a home and school association were formed.

The school was renamed Papatoetoe Intermediate in 1968 to avoid confusion with the suburb of Otara taking shape a kilometre or so to the east (Kedgley Intermediate was formerly named Papatoetoe Intermediate until principal Maurice Kedgley died in office). The planning name of the school was "Middlemore Intermediate" but this name was never adopted.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Directory of Schools - as at 13 September 2018". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "School history Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine.". Papatoetoe Intermediate School.


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