Papatoetoe Intermediate School

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

Papatoetoe Intermediate
Address
Motatau Road, Papatoetoe, Auckland

New Zealand
Coordinates36.9617°S 174.8554°E / -36.9617; 174.8554
Information
TypeState co-ed intermediate (Year 7–8)
MottoWhaka pokai tara
(Lead, as Tara led)
Established1953
Ministry of Education Institution no.1428
PrincipalMs Pauline Cornwell
School roll696[1] (March 2020)
Socio-economic decile2
Websitewww.papatoetoeint.school.nz

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. "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  2. "School history Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine". Papatoetoe Intermediate School.


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