Golden Sands School
Contributing · State · Papamoa Beach, Papamoa
503 students on the roll in Papamoa Beach · EQI 426 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 9. Current Equity Index: 426. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 26 Golden Sands Drive, Papamoa Beach, Papamoa, 3118
- Roll: 503 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations may be requested
- Opened 2010
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.48, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Phone: 07-5424550
- Email: [email protected]
- Contact: Melanie Taylor
- Website: goldensands.school.nz
Who the roll is
Students may identify with more than one group, the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.
Enrolment zone
- Golden Sands School, in force from 2024-07-22 · 12 km²
Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.
Other schools near here
- Suzanne Aubert Catholic School, EQI 393 · 755 m
- Te Manawa ō Pāpāmoa School, EQI 443 · 2.0 km
- Pāpāmoa Primary School, decile 6 · EQI 432 · 2.5 km
- Papamoa College, decile 6 · EQI 458 · 3.3 km
- Te Akau ki Papamoa Primary School, decile 5 · EQI 448 · 4.8 km
- TKKM o Te Kura Kokiri, decile 2 · EQI 551 · 5.0 km
- Tahatai Coast School, decile 7 · EQI 428 · 7.6 km
- Te Puke Primary School, decile 2 · EQI 469 · 8.0 km
Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 November 2026.
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Questions, answered briefly
Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Papamoa Beach.
503 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 426, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 9.
1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.