2025 ENROLMENTS
2025 Enrolments are now open!
Interviews:
All enrolments must have an enrolment interview. Interviews will take place from Thursday, 19 September.
Interviews will be running from 3.15pm till 5.30pm Monday to Thursday and 9am till 3.15pm on Fridays.
Application Process:
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Complete the application form
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Complete Academic Extension Programme Class application (if applicable)
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Copy of birth certificate/passport
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Zone Eligibility
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Out of Zone Ballot Applications closes 5.30pm Wednesday, 23 October.
Supporting Documents:
2025 Prospectus & Year 9 Subject Selection Booklet
Please click on the image below to view our prospectus and Year 9 Subject Selection Booklet.
Open day & information evening
Whānau are warmly invited to attend our Year 8 Open Day and Information Evening on Wednesday, 18 September.
This gives you the opportunity to tour the campus and learn about the many advantages of Trident High School.
OPEN DAY
School groups will visit Trident High School at 9.00am, 10.20am or 12.30pm.
Whakatāne Intermediate School will have a large number of students attending at the 9.00am and 10.20am time slots. Whānau from other contributing schools, it is suggested that you collect your student from school and attend the 12.30pm visit.
If you are unable to attend the Open Day or Evening you are welcome to contact the school office on 3088159 to arrange a visit.
INFORMATION EVENING
Whānau and students are welcome. An overview of the school will be presented and there will be an opportunity to meet staff and ask questions.
5.30pm – 6.30pm the school will be open to visit displays and talk to teachers in the Auditorium and classrooms.
6.35pm – Presentation by Principal and Staff.
Out of Zone Enrolments
Out of Zone Ballot Applications closes 5.30pm Wednesday, 23 October
The Board invites applications from parents who wish to enrol their children at Trident High School for 2025.
The Enrolment Scheme and associated Zone directed by the Ministry of Education continues for 2025. See enrolment scheme & boundary map here. On the Application to Enrol form you must indicate whether it is an In-zone or Out-of-zone enrolment. If your son/daughter is residing with parents or primary caregivers or legal guardians in the Trident High School zone then he/she is eligible to attend Trident High School but will still have to go through the interview process before any enrolment is confirmed.
Out of zone applications to enrol close 5:30pm Wednesday, 23 October. Please use the standard enrolment process.
Ballot Priority
Applications for enrolment will be processed in the following order of priority:
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First Priority: will be given to students who have been accepted for enrolment in the unit for intellectually disabled students subject to the Ministry of Education cap on roll.
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Second Priority: will be given to applicants who are siblings of current students
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Third Priority: will be given to applicants who are siblings of former students
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Fourth Priority: will be given to applicants who is a child of a former student of the school
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Fifth Priority: will be given to applicants who are children of Board employees
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Sixth Priority: will be given to all other applicants.
If there are more applicants in the second, third, fourth and fifth priority groups than there are places available, a selection within the priority group will be by ballot conducted in accordance with instructions issued by the Secretary for Education under section 11G(1) of the Education Act 1989. Parents will be informed of the date of any ballot by notice in a daily or community newspaper circulating in the area served by the school.
Applicants seeking second and third priority status may be required to give proof of a sibling relationship.
Special Programmes
This school operates a programme for students with disabilities. Students who live within the school’s home zone and meet the criterion for enrolment in this special programme will be enrolled ahead of out-of-zone students. Acceptance into the programme requires students to be verified as eligible for the Ongoing and Reviewable Resourcing Scheme. For all SEC enrolments please email office@trident.school.nz.
