Enrolments for the 2026 academic year are now open in the following categories:

In-zone - all years - enrolments must be received by Friday 26 September 2025.

Out-of-zone ballot - categories 2-6 - Year 0 and Year 1 only enrolments must be received by Wednesday 8 October 2025.  Apply here.

The exact number of places will depend on the number of applications received from students who live within the school’s home zone.

Please direct all  enquiries to enrol@sunnyhills.school.nz

Applications for enrolment can be made before your child's 5th birthday. From January 2026 children will start school on the next cohort start date after they turn 5. We encourage you to enrol your child up to one year before they turn 5. 

Click HERE for a map of our school zone.

Click HERE to check whether your street is in our school zone.

If you live outside the zone and you want to enrol, you will need to apply through a ballot. Under Ministry of Education guidelines, there are some groups of students who are given preference; students who already have a sibling at our school, siblings of former students, children of former pupils and students of employees or board members. For enquiries, please email: enrol@sunnyhills.school.nz

Where requested on the online enrolment form, the following documents will need to be uploaded:

• Proof of Address (2 documents) For example, a utility bill, property purchase agreement, tenancy agreement 

• Proof of identity and right to study in New Zealand for your child (New Zealand or Australian Birth Certificate, or New Zealand or Australian passport). If you are not a New Zealand or Australian citizen, please provide a passport with a domestic study visa or residency documentation

• Immunisation record

Click HERE to enrol at Sunnyhills school

From 2026, Sunnyhills School has adopted a cohort entry policy. The Ministry of Education set the dates for cohort entry, which are:

• Cohort Entry point 1 - 9th February                                                

• Cohort Entry point 2 - 9th March

• Cohort Entry point 3 - 20th April

• Cohort Entry point 4 - 2nd June

• Cohort Entry point 5 - 20th July 

• Cohort Entry point 6 - 24th Aug

• Cohort Entry point 7 - 12th Oct

• Cohort Entry point 8 - 16th Nov

For 5 Year olds, Sunnyhills School runs the Bright Sparks Transition to School programme and offers two class visits. These programmes run prior to your child's cohort entry point. Families will receive information on these programmes once the enrolment process has been completed. 

Click HERE for more information

We welcome both short term and long term international students.  We offer a very successful short term programme at the start of Term 3 (July/August) only.  This programme comprises of in class learning alongside New Zealand domestic students in their  usual daily lessons, 4 separate sessions per week of NZ cultural experiences for our international students, and where possible the inclusion with our specialist release programmes for music, technology and environmental studies.  

• We do not take short term international students in February.  

• There is a minimum 2 week stay for short term internationals.

For all inquiries please email us: international@sunnyhills.school.nz

Short term international applications for July/August 2025 study are now closed.