Albany Junior High School
Secondary (Year 7-10) · State
- Year levels
- 7–10
- Total roll
- 1,128
- Enrolment zone
- Yes
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- Appleby Road, Albany, Auckland
- Territorial authority
- Upper Harbour Local Board Area
- Phone
- 09-4155473
- office@ajhs.school.nz
- Website
- http://www.ajhs.school.nz
- Directions
- Get directions
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Can my child go here?
This school has an enrolment scheme, so a place is not open to every address. How enrolment zones work
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What would the day look like?
The practical things this school states on its own website — the hours, the uniform, the term dates, and how children get there. These are the school’s own words, not the Ministry’s record and not ERO’s.
Quoted from this school’s own website, as we read it on 13 August 2026. A web page carries no date of its own, so that is the day we read it — not a statement that any of this is still the case. Each line quotes the words it came from.
- Uniform
- Required
All students must wear regulation school uniforms.
- Required
- Term dates
- Term 1, 2026: Friday 30th January (Year 7, Year 10 and new students) / Monday 2nd February (all students) - Thursday 2nd April
Term 1 Term starts: Friday 30th January for all Year 7’s, all Year 10’s and all NEW students only to be at school. Monday 2nd February ALL students to be at school. Term ends: Thursday 2nd April
Year stated asTerm Dates 2026
- Term 2, 2026: Monday 20th April - Friday 3rd July
Term 2 Term starts: Monday 20th April Term ends: Friday 3rd July
Year stated asTerm Dates 2026
- Term 3, 2026: Monday 20th July - Friday 25th September
Term 3 Term starts: Monday 20th July Term ends: Friday 25th September
Year stated asTerm Dates 2026
- Term 4, 2026: Monday 12th October - Tuesday 8th Dec for Year 10, Wednesday 9th Dec for Year 9, Thursday 10th Dec for Year 7 & 8
Term 4 Term starts: Monday 12th October Term ends: Tuesday 8th Dec for Year 10, Wednesday 9th Dec for Year 9, Thursday 10th Dec for Year 7 & 8 (1pm finish).
Year stated asTerm Dates 2026
- Term 1, 2026: Friday 30th January (Year 7, Year 10 and new students) / Monday 2nd February (all students) - Thursday 2nd April
- Getting there
- School bus routes serving AJHS: Route 061 - Albany Heights; Route 017 - Greenhithe; Route 016 - Greenhithe; Route 210 - Waimauku, Kumeu, Riverhead & Paremoremo; Route 305 morning from Mahoenui Valley Road; Route 304 morning from Coatesville Primary; Route 306 morning from Wake Road.
Route 061 – Albany Heights Click here for more information. Route 017 – Greenhithe Click here Upper Harbour Dr. Route 016 – Greenhithe Click here for Express 016 Bus Route 210 – Waimauku, Kumeu, Riverhead & Paremoremo. 210 Route.pdf for the above destinations Route 305 (historically called ‘1511’) Morning: from Mahoenui Valley Road. Click here for more information. Route 305 (historically called ‘1511’) Afternoon: from AJHS. Click here for more information. Route 304 (historically called ‘1601’) Morning: from Coatesville Primary. Click here for more information. Route 304 (historically called ‘1601’) Afternoon: from AJHS. Click here for more information. Route 306 (historically called ‘1687’) Morning: from Wake Road.
- School bus routes serving AJHS: Route 061 - Albany Heights; Route 017 - Greenhithe; Route 016 - Greenhithe; Route 210 - Waimauku, Kumeu, Riverhead & Paremoremo; Route 305 morning from Mahoenui Valley Road; Route 304 morning from Coatesville Primary; Route 306 morning from Wake Road.
What does the school say about itself?
Quoted, not summarised. Every school describes itself well, so this is here to be read as the school’s own case rather than as a finding — and a school that states nothing simply has no row.
Quoted from this school’s own website, as we read it on 13 August 2026. A web page carries no date of its own, so that is the day we read it — not a statement that any of this is still the case. Each line quotes the words it came from.
- International students
- Accepted, as stated
We warmly welcome students from all over the world, and have a burgeoning International Students Department, which has become the school of choice for students from Korea, Japan, China, Thailand, Russia, and many other countries.
- Accepted, as stated
What is on offer beyond the classroom?
The sports, arts, clubs and groups this school names on its own website. Not a complete list of what any school offers, and not a count — a school that names more here has written more down, which is not the same as doing more.
Quoted from this school’s own website, as we read it on 13 August 2026. A web page carries no date of its own, so that is the day we read it — not a statement that any of this is still the case. Each line quotes the words it came from.
- On offer
- Football
Football is enjoyed by many of our students and staff at AJHS.
- Futsal
- Hockey
Hockey is offered to both boys and girls in years 7 to 10.
- Netball
Netball is very popular with students at AJHS.
- school production
Every 2 years, all strands of the Arts Faculty combine to stage a school production.
- annual SGCNZ Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Regional Festival
Students have the opportunity to take part in the annual SGCNZ Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Regional Festival
- APPA
Performance opportunities include APPA, Smokefree Rockquest, Smokefree BandQuest, Music Evenings, and in-school performances as well as community concerts.
- Smokefree Rockquest
Performance opportunities include APPA, Smokefree Rockquest, Smokefree BandQuest, Music Evenings, and in-school performances as well as community concerts.
- Smokefree BandQuest
Performance opportunities include APPA, Smokefree Rockquest, Smokefree BandQuest, Music Evenings, and in-school performances as well as community concerts.
- Music Evenings
Performance opportunities include APPA, Smokefree Rockquest, Smokefree BandQuest, Music Evenings, and in-school performances as well as community concerts.
- Play It Strange songwriting competitions
We also encourage our young songwriters to enter Play It Strange songwriting competitions in Years 9 and 10.
- Football
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 625
- Māori
- 104
- Pacific
- 48
- Asian
- 479
- MELAA
- 73
- Other
- 29
- International
- 27
Roll by year level and age
Shown as context, not ranked, not compared to any average. As at 30 June 2026, from the same annual return as the roll count above.
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 07 | 25 | 12 | 150 | 19 | 8 | 180 | 4 | 332 |
| Year 08 | 37 | 14 | 169 | 24 | 11 | 227 | 8 | 409 |
| Year 09 | 18 | 13 | 76 | 13 | 6 | 152 | 9 | 242 |
| Year 10 | 27 | 17 | 78 | 12 | 3 | 158 | 7 | 248 |
| Total | 107 | 56 | 473 | 68 | 28 | 717 | 28 | 1231 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 11 | 22 | 10 | 124 | 11 | 7 | 144 | 4 | 268 |
| Age 12 | 34 | 13 | 167 | 29 | 10 | 232 | 6 | 410 |
| Age 13 | 24 | 15 | 88 | 14 | 6 | 151 | 7 | 252 |
| Age 14 | 21 | 14 | 76 | 10 | 4 | 157 | 6 | 245 |
| Age 15 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 5 | 56 |
| Total | 107 | 56 | 473 | 68 | 28 | 717 | 28 | 1231 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
18.5%
| Albany Junior High School | 18.5% |
|---|---|
| Auckland Region | 29.7% |
| Secondary (Year 7-15) | 43.4% |
| State | 40.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 4.2% |
|---|---|
| Male | 30.6% |
| Māori | 43% |
| Pacific | 29.4% |
| Asian | 4.4% |
| Other | 49.2% |
| European/Pākehā | 19.3% |
| Total | 18.5% |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: Comparison stand-down rates data (2024)
Age-standardised suspension rate per 1,000 students — 2024
2.9%
| Albany Junior High School | 2.9% |
|---|---|
| Auckland Region | 3% |
| Secondary (Year 7-15) | 4.6% |
| State | 4.5% |
| New Zealand | 4.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 5.5% |
| Māori | 5.5% |
| Pacific | 9.7% |
| Asian | 1.5% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 3.7% |
| Total | 2.9% |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: Comparison suspension rates data (2024)
Age-standardised exclusion rate per 1,000 students — 2024
2%
| Albany Junior High School | 2% |
|---|---|
| Auckland Region | 1.4% |
| Secondary (Year 7-15) | 2% |
| State | 1.9% |
| New Zealand | 1.8% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 3.8% |
| Māori | 5.6% |
| Pacific | 10.1% |
| Asian | 1.6% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 2.3% |
| Total | 2% |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: Comparison exclusion data (2024)
About the school
- Equity Index (EQI)
- 408
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Major urban area
- Date opened
- 31 December 2004
The Equity Index is used by the Ministry to allocate equity funding. It describes the socio-economic barriers a school’s students face, not how good the school is. How the Equity Index works
What did ERO find?
The Education Review Office reviews every school and publishes what it finds in full. We quote ERO’s report here, section by section, in ERO’s own words and order, and link to it. We do not summarise a report, pick a line out of one, or turn one into a score. How ERO reviews schools
- Reports ERO holds
- 4
- Last reviewed
- 21 February 2024
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (21 February 2024)
A board assurance statement is the board’s own account of whether it took all reasonable steps to meet its legal obligations, on the date shown. It is not ERO’s finding. ERO reports separately, in the same report, on any non-compliance it identified during that process.
The board assurance report of 21 February 2024 carries no actions-for-compliance section — the section ERO uses when it names non-compliance it identified. That is what this report contains; it is not ERO saying it found none. Other reports ERO holds for this school may say something different.
What this report states about the school
As stated in ERO’s report of 21 February 2024 — not necessarily the position now. Each line quotes the sentence it came from.
- Also provides
- Satellite class of Wilson School
This school hosts a satellite class of Wilson School
- Satellite class of Wilson School
The roll ERO recorded, and when
ERO writes a roll into each report it publishes: a count taken for that report, on the day shown, by the review team that was there. The Ministry of Education’s current roll for this school is 1128 — the figure at the top of this page, and the one to use for how big the school is now. These are a different measurement by a different body, so they will rarely agree, and a difference between them is not a change in the school.
October 2019
1336
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 7 February 2020
This is one count taken for one report. It says what the roll was on that day, and nothing about how the roll has moved.
What ERO wrote in its latest report
This is ERO’s report of 21 February 2024 — “Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report” — section by section, under ERO’s own headings, in ERO’s own order. Nothing is summarised, shortened or reordered.
Background
This Profile Report was written within six months of the Education Review Office and Albany Junior High School working in Te Ara Huarau , an improvement evaluation approach used in most English Medium State and State Integrated Schools. For more information about Te Ara Huarau see ERO’s website. www.ero.govt.nz
Context
Albany Junior High School is in Albany on Auckland's North Shore. The school provides education for students in Years 7 to 10. Albany Junior High School is the first purpose built junior high school for the emerging adolescent in New Zealand. A new principal was appointed in 2022.
Albany Junior High School ’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:
Developing community partnership of engagement to support student wellbeing and learning
Creating a school identity and inclusive culture for adolescent learners to learn and grow in, with confidence
Building clarity and understanding of responsive and effective teaching and learning programmes and pathways for improved student progress and achievement.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Albany Junior High School ’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how effectively the school is strengthening meaningful educationally significant connections, communication and relationships with students, whānau , and the wider community.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is to support and enhance:
the holistic development of each student as a confident, connected, actively involved lifelong learner
student engagement, wellbeing and learning achievement outcomes
reciprocal learning partnerships within and beyond the school community.
The school expects to see:
equitable and excellent progress and achievement outcomes for all students
strengthened processes to support reciprocal learning centred partnerships with students, whānau and teachers
enhanced community collaborations to enrich opportunities for students to become confident, connected, actively involved learners
continued strategic support and solutions for improved student attendance, engagement and wellbeing.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to evaluate how effectively it is strengthening meaningful educationally significant connections, communication and relationships:
the school continues to refine and strengthen conditions, actions and practices that promote learner wellbeing, resilience and optimism
teachers are using relational and responsive approaches in order to improve student learning
leadership is collaboratively strengthening a culture of relational trust and prioritises and plans for school improvement.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
embedding and refining assessment and reporting practices that will positively impact on equitable and excellent achievement outcomes for all students
reviewing and strengthening community connections and collaboration to enhance reciprocal learning centred partnerships with students, whānau , teachers and the local Kāhui Ako
continuing to embed successful strategies and solutions that lead to improved student attendance, engagement and wellbeing.
ERO’s role will be to support the school in its evaluation for improvement cycle to improve outcomes for all learners. ERO will support the school in reporting their progress to the community. The next public report on ERO’s website will be a Te Ara Huarau | School Evaluation Report and is due within three years.
Shelley Booysen Director of Schools
21 February 2024
About the School
The Education Counts website provides further information about the school’s student population, student engagement and student achievement. educationcounts.govt.nz/home
This school hosts a satellite class of Wilson School.
Read the full report on ero.govt.nz →
All 4 reports ERO holds for this school
ERO reviews a school every few years — around four years between reviews is the usual cycle — so an older date here reflects where a school sits in that cycle, not how it is doing.
Source: Education Review Office, CC BY 4.0.
Roll date: 30 June 2026 (2026).