Ohope Beach Primary School
| Ohope Beach | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
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Pohutukawa Avenue, Ohope Beach, Whakatāne | |
| Coordinates | 37°58′12″S 177°02′57″E / 37.9700°S 177.0492°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Co-ed state primary |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 1857 |
| Principal | Cathryn Naera |
| School roll | 245[1] (November 2024) |
| Socio-economic decile | 9 |
| Website | ohopebeach.school.nz |
Ohope Beach Primary School is located in Ōhope, 6 kilometres from Whakatāne, on the Northeast Coast of the North Island in New Zealand.
The school
[edit]Ohope Beach Primary School contains a field, a hall, swimming pool, five classrooms in a large building,[2] and an office. The school is a state school that caters for Years 1-6 and has approximately 320 students. The principal, Cathryn Naera, took over from Tony Horsefall, who had been with the school since 2010.[3]
New Building
[edit]In 2015, Associate Education Minister Nikki Kaye announced a $13.5m redevelopment for Ohope Beach Primary School. The redevelopment contains a two-storey block containing 12 teaching spaces, along with an administration block, library, car parking, drop-off areas, and outdoor teaching spaces.[4] The redevelopment project was completed in 2018.
References
[edit]- ^ "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ^ "Ohope Beach School - 14/06/2019". Education Review Office. 14 June 2019.
- ^ "NZ government education statistics". Education Counts. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ^ "$13.5m redevelopment for Ohope Beach School - 14/06/2019". Beehive. 3 September 2015.