Long Bay College is a state school, state Mixed-sex education, co-educational secondary school located in Torbay, New Zealand, Torbay, a suburb of the North Shore, New Zealand, North Shore in Auckland, New Zealand. The decile 10 school serves Years 9 to 13, and has students as of Christopher (CJ) Healey is the school's current principal. Long Bay College has a large zone boundary including the upper east coast bays, Brookfield, Albany, Albany heights, Redvale, Coatesville, Paremoremo and Brighams creek. Long Bay College in NCEA school exams 88.5% of students passed in Level 1 year 11 a 2.8% decrease compared to last year, 89.6% of students passed in Level 2 year 12 a 3.5% decrease compared to last year, 88.4% of students passed in Level 3 year 13 a 4.5% increase compared to last year, 76.1% of students entered universities a 0.7% decrease compared to last year.

History

Long Bay College first opened in 1975. The first principal of Long Bay College was Ian Sage, who then had a street directly leading from the school named after him - Ian Sage Avenue. Like most of New Zealand state Secondary school, secondary schools in the 1970s, the school was built to the New Zealand standard school buildings#S68, S68 design, characterised by single-storey classroom blocks with masonry walls, low-pitched roofs with protruding clerestory windows, and internal open courtyards.

Enrolment

On the August 2018 Education Review Office (New Zealand), Education Review Office (ERO) review of the school, Long Bay College had 1408 students, including 154 international students. The school roll's gender composition was 51% male and 49% female, and its ethnic composition was 52% New Zealand European (Pākehā), 28% Other Demographics of Europe, European, 8% Asian New Zealanders, Asian, 6% Māori people, Māori, 2% Pacific Islanders, and 5% Other.

Principals

*Mr CJ Healey – Current principal since 2017 *Mr Russell Brooke – 2008 to 2017 *Mrs Stephanie Norrie – 2000 to 2008 *Mr Derek Stubbs – 1992 to 2000 *Mr Ian Sage – Foundation Principal, 1974 to 1991

Notable alumni

*Bridgette Armstrong - played for the New Zealand women's national football team, attended Long Bay College. *List of Titanium members, Andrew Papas - member of the boyband Titanium (band), Titanium. *Paul Wiseman - spin bowler and played international cricket for New Zealand. *Jason Hicks - footballer *Tayla Alexander - singer

Gallery

Long Bay College driveway sign.jpg, Long Bay College sign and slogan Long-Bay-College-18.jpg, s68 design classroom block in LBC Principals.jpg, Current (L) and all former principals of the college

References

External links

*Long Bay Colleg
websiteEducation Review Office (ERO) report
Educational institutions established in 1975 Secondary schools in Auckland North Shore, New Zealand New Zealand secondary schools of S68 plan construction 1975 establishments in New Zealand {{NewZealand-school-stub