The school opened in 1953 on a site adjacent to Dominion Breweries on Great South Road in Papatoetoe. The school was intended to be named Middlemore Intermediate, but changed to Otara Intermediate when the school opened in February 1953.[2] The 650 pupils enrolled at that time came from both Papatoetoe and the surrounding district. The school comprised a double storey block of 16 classrooms and several specialist rooms, including a library. The headmaster was Mr R.A. Robbie. A school committee and a home and school association were formed.
In 1958, a school named Papatoetoe Intermediate was opened on Portage Road, which later changed its name to Kedgley Intermediate in 1967, after principal Maurice Kedgley died in office.[3][2] Otara Intermediate changed its name to Papatoetoe Intermediate School in the following year, to avoid confusion with the suburb of Ōtara taking shape a kilometre or so to the east.
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^"New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
papatoetoe, intermediate, school, intermediate, school, years, papatoetoe, suburb, manukau, ward, auckland, region, zealand, papatoetoe, intermediateaddress175, motatau, road, papatoetoe, aucklandnew, zealandcoordinates36, 9617, 8554, 9617, 8554informationtype. Papatoetoe Intermediate School is an intermediate school years 7 8 in Papatoetoe a suburb of Manukau Ward Auckland Region New Zealand Papatoetoe IntermediateAddress175 Motatau Road Papatoetoe AucklandNew ZealandCoordinates36 57 42 S 174 51 19 E 36 9617 S 174 8554 E 36 9617 174 8554InformationTypeState co ed intermediate Year 7 8 MottoWhaka pokai tara Lead as Tara led Established1953Ministry of Education Institution no 1428PrincipalMs Pauline CornwellSchool roll735 1 April 2023 Socio economic decile2Websitepapint wbr school wbr nzHistory editThe school opened in 1953 on a site adjacent to Dominion Breweries on Great South Road in Papatoetoe The school was intended to be named Middlemore Intermediate but changed to Otara Intermediate when the school opened in February 1953 2 The 650 pupils enrolled at that time came from both Papatoetoe and the surrounding district The school comprised a double storey block of 16 classrooms and several specialist rooms including a library The headmaster was Mr R A Robbie A school committee and a home and school association were formed In 1958 a school named Papatoetoe Intermediate was opened on Portage Road which later changed its name to Kedgley Intermediate in 1967 after principal Maurice Kedgley died in office 3 2 Otara Intermediate changed its name to Papatoetoe Intermediate School in the following year to avoid confusion with the suburb of Ōtara taking shape a kilometre or so to the east References edit New Zealand Schools Directory New Zealand Ministry of Education Retrieved 12 December 2022 a b Papatoetoe Heritage Trail PDF Ōtara Papatoetoe Local Board 2013 Retrieved 31 March 2023 School history Archived 2011 07 17 at the Wayback Machine Papatoetoe Intermediate School nbsp This New Zealand school related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Papatoetoe Intermediate School amp oldid 1159451529, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
