ENROLMENT

We welcome enrolment applications from parents both in-zone and out-of-zone for Year 9 2025.

Kia ora, we welcome your interest in enrolling your son at Napier Boys’ High School. It is a privilege to remain at the forefront of boys’ education and trusted by so many families to educate their sons for over 150 years.

We are committed to an environment that honours tradition, inspires innovation, values manaakitanga (care) and enhances mana. Every student has access to an extensive range of opportunities that support personal excellence.

Open Night is an opportunity to experience our community and see our ‘boys in action’. Our Open Night is Tuesday 13 August.

We extend a warm welcome and look forward to meeting you.

For all enquiries please contact: nbhs@nbhs.school.nz

Steps for Enrolment

Friday 26 July

Open Night Information is distributed to local contributor schools. Online application opens: enrolment for 2025 Year 9 day-boys is online. The online application will be available here from Friday 26 July. If you require support with an online enrolment, please contact the school office 06 8335900.

Tuesday 13 August

Our Open Night is an opportunity to experience our community and see our ‘boys in action’. Join us for a small group tour at any time between 5:30 and 6:30pm.

Your tour guides will be a senior and junior student. This is an opportunity for your son to ask questions and see the school through a student’s lens.

There are two opportunities to hear an introduction from the Headmaster, at 6:20pm and 7:05pm.

Friday 06 September

Online applications close.

Friday 13 September

An email will be sent to the caregiver/s, using the address provided in the online application, offering a place to students who have entry to Napier Boys’ High School. If a ballot has been applied, unsuccessful applicants will be notified at this time, alongside an indication of their place on the waiting list.

Friday 27 September

Students who receive an Offer of Place must accept the position before 3pm, Friday 27 September 2024. This can be via email nbhs@nbhs.school.nz or by phoning the school office 06 8335900. If the school does not receive an acceptance of the Offer of Place, it will be determined as non-acceptance, forfeiting the placement. Subsequently, the placement will be offered to another student.

In order to avoid overcrowding, or the likelihood of overcrowding, the board of Napier Boys’ High School has adopted an enrolment scheme which has been approved by the Ministry of Education.

Parents should be aware that:

Approximately half of all of the year nine students who will attend in 2025 will come from outside the in zone. Therefore parents of students who live outside the prescribed zone have a genuine opportunity to enrol their sons at the school.
Brothers of current and past students have high priority in the scheme after those who reside in the Home Zone.
The enrolment of out of zone enrolments is governed by the Education Act 1989.

This enrolment scheme also applies to students enrolling in years ten to thirteen. Parents should contact Mr Russell who will advise them of the availability of ‘out of zone’ placements.’

- The Enrolment Scheme applies to students enrolling in Y10 – 13. For Y10 – 13 enrolments, please contact Mr D Russell drussell@nbhs.school.nz

All students are encouraged to apply for enrolment regardless of their place of permanent residence. All students who live within the In zone described below shall be entitled to enrol at Napier Boys’ High School.
The In zone‘s boundaries are defined as:

Awatoto; Meeanee – Awatoto Road to Meeanee, including Philips Street
Willowbank Road from Meeanee to Riverbend Road
Riverbend Road from Willowbank Road to the intersection with Taradale Road
Taradale Road from the Riverbend Road intersection to Austin Street
Austin Street to Tamatea Drive
Tamatea Drive from Austin Street to the Northern Expressway
The Northern Expressway north to State Highway 2
State Highway 2 to the northern end of the Westshore settlement
The balance of the zone is bounded by Hawke Bay to the east

Scinde House the boarding establishment of Napier Boys’ High School is located within this home zone. Proof of residence within the home zone will be required at the time of enrolment.

Applications for enrolment will be processed in the following order of priority as stated in the Education Amendment Act 2000:

First Priority: will be given to students who have been accepted for enrolment in an approved special programme (this priority category is not applicable to Napier Boys’ High School).
Second Priority: will be given to applicants who are siblings of current students.
Third Priority: will be given to applicants who are siblings of former students.
Fourth Priority: will be given to any applicant who is a child of a former student of the school.
Fifth Priority: will be given to applicants who are children of Board employees or Board members.
Sixth Priority: will be given to all other applicants.

If there are more applicants in the second, third, fourth, or fifth priority groups than there are places available, selection within the priority group will be by a ballot conducted in accordance with instructions issued by the Secretary under Section 11G(1) of the Education Act 1989.

Applicants seeking second or third priority status will be required to give proof of a sibling relationship.

Enquiries regarding enrolments should be directed to the Napier Boys High School on nbhs@nbhs.school.nz or phone 06 833 5900

Fees

Inquiries regarding fees at Napier Boys’ High School can be made by sending an e-mail to fees@nbhs.school.nz