Northcross Intermediate
{{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2024}}
{{Notability|Org|date=January 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox school
| name = Northcross Intermediate School
| image =
| caption = Drone shot of Northcross Intermediate and Sherwood Primary
| seal_image =
| motto = "Individual Growth through Challenge and Learning"
| address = 10 Sartors Avenue
| city = Northcross
| postcode = 0630
| country = New Zealand
| coordinates = {{coord|-36.7153|174.7272|region:NZ_type:edu|display=inline,title}}
| other_names = Northcross
| type = State and day intermediate school
| founded = 1 February 1970
| authority = State government
| MOE = 1396
| administrator = Donne Greentree
| director = Murray Toohill (ICT), Shannon Hale (Sports), Sharon Hines (International Students)
| principal = Jonathan Tredray
| grades_label = Years
| gender = Co-educational
| roll = {{NZ school roll data|1396|y||y}} ({{NZ school roll data|||y}})
| website = {{URL|https://www.northcross.school.nz}}
}}
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 {{NZ school roll data|1396|y}} students as of {{NZ school roll data|||y|y||,}}. Jonathon Tredray is currently the school principal.{{Cite web|title=Northcross Intermediate School :: Staff Contacts|url=https://www.northcross.school.nz/contact-nx/staff-contacts/|access-date=12 November 2021|website=www.northcross.school.nz}}{{Cite web |title=Teacher on drink-drive count - New Zealand News |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/teacher-on-drink-drive-count/HHMIURTBLMQQIWYLSW3PYHT2NE/ |access-date=2022-09-14 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}{{Cite web |last=Counts |first=Education |title=Ministry of Education - Education Counts |url=https://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/find-school/school/profile?school=1396 |access-date=2022-09-14 |website=www.educationcounts.govt.nz |language=en-NZ}} The school focuses on "providing a dynamic and student centered learning environment in these very important years of an adolescent’s growth and development."{{Cite web|title=Northcross Intermediate School :: About NX|url=https://www.northcross.school.nz/about-nx|access-date=12 November 2021|website=www.northcross.school.nz}} 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.{{Cite web|date=4 November 1999|title=Celebration at Northcross Intermediate.|url=https://natlib.govt.nz/records/44366473|access-date=12 November 2021|website=North Shore Times Advertiser|language=en-nz}} 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.{{cite journal|date=9 July 2001|title=Sherwood Primary School|journal=Education Gazette New Zealand}} Both Northcross and Sherwood Primary share the same field.
Enrolment
On the October 2015 Education Review Office (ERO) review of the school,{{Cite web|title=Northcross Intermediate {{!}} Education Review Office|url=https://ero.govt.nz/institution/1396/northcross-intermediate#content-1|access-date=12 November 2021|website=ero.govt.nz}} 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.
References
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External links
- [https://www.northcross.school.nz/ Website]
Category:Intermediate schools in Auckland