Enrolment Information
We welcome new enrolments at Te Kura o Tawatawa - Ridgway School from whānau living within our home zone. For general enquiries about enrolment, please email office@ridgway.school.nz.
Tawatawa - Ridgway’s home zone includes Kingston, Mornington, most of Vogeltown, and the southern end of Brooklyn. We invite whānau living in these areas to enrol with us and join our Tawatawa - Ridgway community.
View our online zone map
See a list of streets included in our zone
Out of zone enrolments
French speaking whānau who value bilingual education (French and English) but live outside of our zone may apply for a place in our bilingual unit. See our Ruru La Chouette page for more details.
Walk ‘n’ Talk
Parents of children eligible to enrol are invited to meet with the principal for a Walk ‘n’ Talk. These half hour meetings provide you with an opportunity to view the school and ask questions about it before making a decision to enrol your child. There will usually be more than one family at each Walk ‘n’ Talk.
Walk ‘n’ Talk’s in 2025 will be held every second Friday from 10am - 10:30am. To book in, please email the office with proof of your address within our school zone.
How to enrol
To enrol your tamariki at Tawatawa - Ridgway in either our mainstream classes, or in our French-English bilingual class, send a completed enrolment form to the office. We now use an online enrolment form which is linked below. You can also pop into the school office (Mon - Fri 8:30am - 3:30pm) to chat with the office staff about enrolment.
From the beginning of 2023, all new entrants will start in a cohort group on a set date, instead of on their fifth birthday. You can check the dates for cohort entry here.
Ruru La Chouette Interest Form - if you are wanting to enrol your child into our French bilingual programme you must complete this interest form.
Please note that enrolment is not complete until our enrolment officers have sighted proof of residence within our home zone, the child’s birth certificate, and immunisation records.
Proof of residence can be a utilities bill, rates notice, tenancy agreement etc., so long as it shows the address in the name of one parent/caregiver.
School visits
We encourage tamariki approaching school age (around 4 years 10 months) to make in class school visits with their parent or caregiver. These visits are beneficial for helping tamariki become familiar with school, and for parents to get to know the school and teachers. Once we have received your enrolment form, we can book you into pre-school visits.
We have two pre-school visits leading up to each cohort entry date. These all go from 8:40am - 9:20am.
Please note that the parent or caregiver must be on site during these visits. Parents are invited to meet with the principal or deputy principal for some of the time that tamariki are with the class.|
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Pre-School Visits for Cohort Entry 2025 |
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| Term 1 - Monday 3 February | Friday 6 December 2024
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Friday 13 December 2024 |
| Mid Term 1 - Monday 10 March | Wednesday 26 February | Wednesday 5 march |
| Term 2 - Monday 28 April | Wednesday 2 April | Wednesday 9 April |
| Mid Term 2 - Monday 26 May | Wednesday 14 May | Wednesday 21 May |
| Term 3 - Monday 14 July | Wednesday 18 June | Wednesday 25 June |
| Mid Term 3 - Monday 18 August | Wednesday 6 August | Wednesday 13 August |
| Term 4 - Monday 6 October | Wednesday 10 September | Wednesday 17 September |
| Mid Term 4 - Monday 10 November | Wednesday 3 December | Wednesday 10 December |
Important information:
Below are links to a wide range of information. On the first day of kura our students will need to have their stationery items and a signed ICT user agreement.
After school care, music lessons, chess club
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