Sylvia Park School
The Auckland Region is the most populous region of New Zealand, containing the country's most populous city, Auckland, as well the towns of Wellsford, Warkworth, Helensville, the Hibiscus Coast, Pukekohe and Waiuku and their surrounding rural areas, plus many islands in the Hauraki Gulf including Waiheke Island and Great Barrier Island. It contains a few small rural primary schools, some small town primary and secondary schools, and a large number of city schools. As of June 2011, there are 538 primary and secondary schools in Auckland, enrolling over 267,000 students.In New Zealand schools, students begin formal education in Year 1 at the age of five. Year 13 is the traditional final year of secondary education, with Years 14 and 15 referring to students who stay in secondary school beyond Year 13 (students are entitled to stay in secondary school until the 1 January following their 19th birthday if need be). The list of schools below is broken up into primary and intermediate schools, which includes contributing primary schools (Years 1-6), full primary schools (Years 1-8), and intermediate schools (Years 7 and 8); secondary schools, which includes normal secondary schools (Years 9-15), secondary schools with intermediate (Years 7-15), junior secondary schools (Years 7-10) and senior secondary schools (Years 11-15); composite schools (Years 1-15); and special schools and teen parent units. Primary and intermediate schools are further broken up into the local board (or group of local boards) of the Auckland Council in which each school is located.
