Ohope Beach Primary School

Ohope Beach Primary School is located in Ōhope, 6 kilometres from Whakatāne, on the Northeast Coast of the North Island in New Zealand.

Ohope Beach
Address
Pohutukawa Avenue, Ohope Beach, Whakatāne
Coordinates37.9700°S 177.0492°E / -37.9700; 177.0492
Information
TypeCo-ed state primary
Ministry of Education Institution no.1857
PrincipalCathryn Naera
School roll234[1] (April 2023)
Socio-economic decile9
Websiteohopebeach.school.nz

The school

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

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
  1. "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  2. "Ohope Beach School - 14/06/2019". Education Review Office. 14 June 2019.
  3. "NZ government education statistics". Education Counts. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  4. "$13.5m redevelopment for Ohope Beach School - 14/06/2019". Beehive. 3 September 2015.
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