Enrolment
Online Enrolment
To complete an online enrolment form please click here
Enter your personal email address
Follow the instructions on this site
Please note ETAP is our school's online student management system. Information you record on this website is safe and security protected for your privacy. Tauranga Primary School is the only organisation that can access this information.
Alternatively, you can download an enrolment form:
Once you have completed the enrolment form, please return it to the Tauranga Primary School office.
Cohort Entry Policy
Cohort entry applies to 5 year olds (New Entrant enrolments) only. There are eight starting dates for 5 year olds during the year. Students can start school on a cohort entry date after their fifth birthday.
Please note that it is a legal requirement that a child is enrolled at a school from age 6. Therefore, if not already enrolled, a child can start school on their 6th birthday regardless of a school’s cohort entry policy but must start school no later than their 6th birthday.
2026 cohort entry dates:
Term 1 Term 2
Cohort 1 entry date: 3rd February Cohort 1 entry date: 20th April
Cohort 2 entry date: 9th March Cohort 2 entry date: 2nd June
Term 3 Term 4
Cohort 1 entry date: 20th July Cohort 1 entry date: 12th October
Cohort 2 entry date: 24th August Cohort 2 entry date: 16th November
Out of Zone Applications
Our school operates an enrolment scheme and, if your residential address is outside our school zone, your application will be treated as an out-of-zone application.
Once we have received a completed enrolment form, you will be placed on our waiting list for consideration in the next advertised ballot. We ask that you inform us if you no longer wish to stay on the waiting list (for example, if you enrol your child/ren at another school or move away from the area).
Information about the ballot process can be found at the Ministry of Education website link
If you have any further queries at this stage or would like to schedule an appointment to visit our school, please email us at office@tauranga.school.nz or contact our Enrolment Officer on 07 578 6222.
Our ballot dates for 2026 are:
- Term 1 2026 enrolments, ballot on 17th October 2025
- Term 1 additional ballot, if required, 23rd January 2026
- Term 2 enrolments, ballot on 13th February
- Term 3 enrolments, ballot on 1st May
- Term 4 2024 enrolments, ballot on 31st July
- Term 1 2027 enrolments, ballot on 23rd October 2026
School Zone
Our school operates an enrolment scheme (school zone). This scheme helps to protect our school from overcrowding. If you live within the school zone, then your children are guaranteed a place at TPS. Out-of-zone applications for enrolment are considered through a ballot system, and are subject to available places in suitable classes. To enrol or find out more information please contact the school 07 578 6222 or email our enrolment officer office@tauranga.school.nz
Stationery
A stationery fee is paid annually, this covers all of your child's basic stationery requirements for the entire school year. All stationery is accessed directly in the classroom by the teacher and students. No need to name, organise or cover books, it is all taken care of by the school. Year 3 to 6 students are asked to provide their own small pencil case if possible, but this is not compulsory.
You will be emailed a stationery invoice at the beginning of the year or upon your enrolment if you start at TPS during the school year.
The stationery charge is payable through the School Shop or directly at the school office. Please use the following links to access School Shop:
School Shop - registered users
School Shop - new users
Stationery costs can also be paid directly to the school:
Tauranga Primary School Board - (12-3440-0009600-00)
Please reference your child (SURNAME, first initials, stationery
Uniform
Our school uniform can be purchased at the school office. The school is the only supplier of TPS monogrammed uniform items.
