Papatoetoe Intermediate School

Papatoetoe Intermediate School is an intermediate school (years 7–8) in Papatoetoe, a suburb of Manukau Ward, Auckland Region, New Zealand.

Papatoetoe Intermediate
Address
175 Motatau Road, Papatoetoe, Auckland

New Zealand
Coordinates36.9617°S 174.8554°E / -36.9617; 174.8554
Information
TypeState co-ed intermediate (Year 7–8)
MottoWhaka pokai tara
(Lead, as Tara led)
Established1953
Ministry of Education Institution no.1428
PrincipalMs Pauline Cornwell
School roll735[1] (April 2023)
Socio-economic decile2
Websitepapint.school.nz

History

The school opened in 1953 on a site adjacent to Dominion Breweries on Great South Road in Papatoetoe. The school was intended to be named Middlemore Intermediate, but changed to Otara Intermediate when the school opened in February 1953.[2] The 650 pupils enrolled at that time came from both Papatoetoe and the surrounding district. The school comprised a double storey block of 16 classrooms and several specialist rooms, including a library. The headmaster was Mr R.A. Robbie. A school committee and a home and school association were formed.

In 1958, a school named Papatoetoe Intermediate was opened on Portage Road, which later changed its name to Kedgley Intermediate in 1967, after principal Maurice Kedgley died in office.[3][2] Otara Intermediate changed its name to Papatoetoe Intermediate School in the following year, to avoid confusion with the suburb of Ōtara taking shape a kilometre or so to the east.

References
  1. "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  2. "Papatoetoe Heritage Trail" (PDF). Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board. 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  3. "School history Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine". Papatoetoe Intermediate School.
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