Out-of-Zone Enrolment Ballot 2026
Stonefields School will be holding a ballot for the placement of 15 New Entrant learners only, for the 2026 academic year. New Entrant learners are those who will be Year 0/1 in 2026 and have not attended primary school before. We are not opening the ballot for any other year level.
The ballot will close on Wednesday 8 October at 3pm. No applications will be accepted after this point.
The draw will be held on Wednesday 15 October 2025, drawn by a representative of the New Zealand Police. All applicants will be notified of the results in writing within three days of the draw taking place.
Application Procedure
Complete the Ballot Application Form
The Ballot is drawn on Wednesday 15 October 2025, by a sworn member of the NZ Police.
Names are pulled out of the Ballot and a waiting list is created if there are more names in the ballot than spaces available.
Successful families are advised by email and asked to confirm acceptance in writing of the place offered within 14 days.
Unsuccessful families are advised by email and placed on a waiting list in the number they are drawn from the ballot.
If successful families decline the space, or do not respond within 14 days, the place may be offered to the next child on the waiting list.
The Secretary of Education's instructions to schools are that siblings at the same year level should be kept together for the purpose of the ballot, so that if one sibling's name is drawn, the other is automatically successful also.
Priority Order
Out-of-zone students who apply for enrolment at the school must be accepted in the following order of priority:
Priority 1 - applicants accepted for enrolment in a special programme run by the school (Not applicable at Stonefields School);
Priority 2 - applicant who is the sibling of a current student of the school;
Priority 3 - applicant who is the sibling of a former student of the school;
Priority 4 - applicant who is the child of a former student of the school;
Priority 5 - applicant who is either a child of an employee of the Board of the school or a child of a member of the Board of the school;
Priority 6 - all other applicants.
Applicants seeking second or third priority status may be required to give proof of a sibling relationship.
Please note that the Board will consider on a case by case basis applications for enrolment of out-of-zone siblings (only) who did not participate in the relevant ballot when there is a valid reason for them not participating in that ballot.
Contact
81 Tihi Street
Stonefields
Auckland 1072
Phone: 09 527 7721
Email: office@stonefields.school.nz
Term Dates 2025
Term 1: Monday 3 February - Friday 11 April
Term 2: Monday 28 April - Friday 27 June
Term 3: Monday 14 July - Friday 19 September
Term 4: Monday 6 October - Tuesday 16 December
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