About Our School

Mercury Bay Area School, located in Whitianga on the Coromandel Peninsula, offers top quality learning programmes designed to meet the needs of our diverse student population, so that effectively, every student is studying and being assessed at their appropriate level.

Area School Organisation

Mercury Bay Area School is an Area or Composite school consisting of three distinct learning groups all on one site. We cater for students aged five and 19 years of age and for every school year from Year 1 through to Year 13. Each of the three learning groups is led by a Deputy Principal and an Assistant Principal who are responsible for the learning and achievement, welfare, discipline, guidance, attendance and class placement of every student in their section of the school.

Primary Years 1-6

Middle Years 7-10

Senior Years 11-13

Raising Achievement Through Unity and Positivity

Our major focus is on student achievement. Our positive, caring and supportive learning environment enables each child to develop mentally, physically, socially and emotionally. Our school provides:

quality education
specialist programmes
a positive atmosphere
programmes for international students
co-curricular sporting and cultural opportunities.

Our Guiding Statement:

“Student centered learning and achievement—Students First”

We believe the whole learner is founded on an understanding of three fundamental beliefs and educational platforms;

Relational Trust: Quality Relationships
Personalised Student Journey: Pathways
Transformative Learning and Schooling: Effective Pedagogy.

MBAS HOUSE POINTS

House points after the Cross Country.

Buffalo 1462 points

58/100

Tainui 1516 points

60/100

Mercury 1743 points

69/100

Matahaorua 1057 points

42/100