Long Bay College Explained

Long Bay College
Seal Image:	Projectimagefull-long-bay-college-logo.jpg
Principal:	CJ Healey
Motto:	"Personal excellence for global success."
Fundingtype:	State
Gender:	Co-educational
Years:	9–13^[1]
Established:	1975^[2]
Coordinates:	-36.6907°N 174.741°W
Roll:
Decile:	10Z^[3]
Moe:	27

Long Bay College is a state co-educational secondary school located in Torbay, a suburb of the North Shore in Auckland, New Zealand. The decile 10 school serves Years 9 to 13, and has students as of Christopher (CJ) Healey is the school's current principal.^[4] Long Bay College has a large zone boundary including the upper east coast bays, Brookfield, Albany, Albany heights, Redvale, Coatesville, Paremoremo and Brighams creek.

History

Long Bay College first opened in 1975. The first principal of Long Bay College was Ian Sage, who then had a street directly leading from the school named after him - Ian Sage Avenue. Like most of New Zealand state secondary schools in the 1970s, the school was built to the S68 design, characterised by single-storey classroom blocks with masonry walls, low-pitched roofs with protruding clerestory windows, and internal open courtyards.^[5]

In 2017 a fire destroyed the college's woodwork block.^[6]

Enrolment

On the August 2018 Education Review Office (ERO) review of the school, Long Bay College had 1408 students, including 154 international students. The school roll's gender composition was 51% male and 49% female, and its ethnic composition was 52% New Zealand European (Pākehā), 28% Other European, 8% Asian, 6% Māori, 2% Pacific Islanders, and 5% Other.^[7]

Principals

• Mr CJ Healey – Current principal since 2017^[8]
• Mr Russell Brooke – 2008 to 2017
• Mrs Stephanie Norrie – 2000 to 2008
• Mr Derek Stubbs – 1992 to 2000
• Mr Ian Sage – Foundation Principal, 1974 to 1991

Notable alumni

• Bridgette Armstrong – played for the New Zealand women's national football team, attended Long Bay College.^{[9] [10] [11]}
• Andrew Papas – member of the boyband Titanium.
• Paul Wiseman – spin bowler and played international cricket for New Zealand.
• Jason Hicks – footballer^[12]
• Tayla Alexander – singer^[13]

External links

• Long Bay College website
• Education Review Office (ERO) report

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ministry of Education - Long Bay College. 25 April 2018.
2. The school's 25th jubilee took place in 2000. Education Gazette New Zealand. Jubilees & reunions - Long Bay College. 78. 5. 29 March 1999.
3. Web site: Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools. Ministry of Education. 25 April 2018.
4. Web site: Leadership Team. 2021-11-12. Long Bay College. en-NZ.
5. Web site: Catalogue of Standard School Building Types. Ministry of Education. Christchurch. August 2013. 25 April 2018.
6. News: Large fire at Long Bay College. Shrimpton. Wilhelmina. 24 February 2017. Newshub. Wong. Simon. English.
7. Web site: Long Bay College Education Review. 8 August 2018. Education Review Office. 12 November 2021.
8. Web site: Leadership Team. 2021-11-13. Long Bay College. en-NZ.
9. Web site: Bridgette Armstrong. Ultimate NZ Soccer. 25 April 2018.
10. Web site: Ruane, Jeremy. "Army" Keen To Maintain The Family Tradition. Soccer. SportsWeb. 9 June 2010.
11. News: Maddaford, Terry. Soccer: Another Armstrong aims high. The New Zealand Herald. 11 August 2007. 25 April 2018.
12. News: Soccer: Hicks finds a place in the country. 9 December 2010. New Zealand Herald. Maddaford, Terry. 25 April 2018.
13. Web site: Dunlop . Ryan . Sowing seeds of success: One million views, a $30,000 scholarship and excellence endorsement . www.nzherald.co.nz . 21 May 2019.