Enrolment -

Welcome

Thank you for your interest in enrolling your son or daughter at Mount Albert Grammar School.

In-Zone Enrolments

All students who live within the home zone are entitled to enrol at the school.

Please click here for details of the MAGS Home Zone.

In-zone Applications for 2025

To assist with planning for 2025, please submit your in-zone application as soon as possible, preferably before Friday 27 September 2024.

Out-of-Zone Applications for 2025

Applications for out-of-zone enrolments for 2025 are now closed.

Should the Mount Albert Grammar School Board of Trustees be in a position to approve any Year 9 out-of-zone enrolments, a ballot may be held on Wednesday, 11 September 2024.  Parents will be notified the outcome after 11 September 2024.

Out-of-zone applications use the same online enrolment procedure as in-zone students, without the in-zone Statutory Declaration and proof of address.

Out-of-Zone Enrolments for 2024

Applications for out-of-zone enrolments for 2024 are now closed.

Online Enrolment Process

Before you start: 

This online application form requires you to download some documents from this website, complete them then upload them and some additional documents. Please see the note on naming the documents below. It would be wise to have these ready before you start.

The documents to be downloaded are: 

             Health Information Form  (download then complete)

             and EITHER

             Statutory Declaration Form 1  - completed for student who lives with a Parent(s) or Guardian (download then complete)

             OR

             Statutory Declaration Form 2   - completed for a student who lives with a Caregiver or Other Person (download then complete)

NOTE: Any recent/temporary transference of Guardianship to someone living in zone will not be accepted as evidence of the applicant living in zone with their parents/legal guardians.

             AND

             A copy of the student’s Birth Certificate or identification page of their passport

             AND

             Three different documents for proof of residential address. 

Each must show the parent’s name, the address at which the student will live, and have a date no more than four weeks prior to the date of this application.

                         Primary Proof of in-zone address:

                                   - Electricity bill                  (the whole bill showing the supply address and the postal address)

                          Documents to confirm second and third proof of in-zone address:

                                    - Phone/internet bill         (the whole bill showing the supply address and the postal address)

                                    - Water bill                       (the whole bill showing the supply address and the postal address)

                                    -  A copy of your Residential Tenancy Agreement, plus bond receipt letter from Tenancy Services.  

                                       Note:   A minimum tenancy of one year fixed term agreement is required for initial enrolments.

                                       Tenancies must be in the name of the parents or legal guardians with the Property Owner/Agent.

                                       Flat sharing / Boarding / Homestays /Subletting do not meet this criteria

                                    - Rates Bill

                                    - Bank-verified letter

              AND

              A copy of the student’s most recent school report. 

New Zealand Citizens

New Zealand citizens, permanent residents and people with a visa granting them the right to study are entitled to education in New Zealand.

Where the student is a New Zealand citizen: The School requires a certified true copy of the student's New Zealand Birth Certificate.

Where the student is not a New Zealand citizen, but has a visa granting them the right to study in New Zealand: The School requires that the visa be valid until the end of the current academic year and requires certified true copies of the appropriate pages of the student's passport showing the visa granting the right to study in New Zealand. Please inform us of the student's date of arrival into New Zealand.

School House & Centennial House Applications        

If you wish to apply for the school boarding hostels, please use the links below.

School House - Boys' boarding hostel 

Centennial House - Girls' Boarding Hostel

Note on naming documents to be uploaded

 Documents to be uploaded with this application should be scanned and saved as .pdf files using names that indicate the contents. 

            Please use these file names:

                            •  Health Information

                            •  Statutory Declaration

                            •  Birth Certificate

                            •  Address confirmation

                            •  School Report 

                            •  School House 

Should you not have the facility to create .pdf documents, please bring the original documents to the School's Student Centre where the Enrolment Officer will assist you.

            The School reserves the right to request original copies of documents that have been uploaded as part of the enrolment process.

Please note - completion of this application does not guarantee a place at MAGS. Confirmation of an offer of a place will be sent to the parent in due course. Should you experience difficulties in completing this form, please contact the Enrolment Officer by email at enrol@mags.school.nz, or by phone during normal school hours, 8.30am-3.30pm: 09 846 2044 x 8131