Long Bay College
School in Auckland
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Long Bay College is a state co-educational secondary school located in Torbay, a suburb of the North Shore in Auckland, New Zealand. The decile 10 school serves Years 9 to 13, and has 1,854 students as of October 2025.[3] Christopher (CJ) Healey is the school's current principal.[5] Long Bay College has a large zone boundary including the upper east coast bays, Brookfield, Albany, Albany heights, Redvale, Coatesville, Paremoremo and Brighams creek.
| Long Bay College | |
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| Coordinates | 36.690653°S 174.741025°E |
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| Funding type | State |
| Motto | "Care. Create. Excel." |
| Established | 1975[1] |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 27 |
| Principal | CJ Healey |
| Years offered | 9–13[2] |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Enrollment | 1,854[3] (October 2025) |
| Socio-economic decile | 10Z[4] |
| Website | www |
History
Long Bay College first opened in 1975. The first principal of Long Bay College was Ian Sage, who then had a street directly leading from the school named after him - Ian Sage Avenue. Like most of New Zealand state secondary schools in the 1970s, the school was built to the S68 design, characterised by single-storey classroom blocks with masonry walls, low-pitched roofs with protruding clerestory windows, and internal open courtyards.[6]
In 2017 a fire destroyed the college's woodwork block.[7]
Enrolment
On the August 2018 Education Review Office (ERO) review of the school, Long Bay College had 1408 students, including 154 international students. The school roll's gender composition was 51% male and 49% female, and its ethnic composition was 52% New Zealand European (Pākehā), 28% Other European, 8% Asian, 6% Māori, 2% Pacific Islanders, and 5% Other.[8]
As of October 2025, Long Bay College has roll of 1,854 students, of which 154 (8.3%) identify as Māori.[3]
As of 2026, the school has an Equity Index of 422,[9] placing it amongst schools whose students have few socioeconomic barriers to achievement (roughly equivalent to deciles 8 and 9 under the former socio-economic decile system).[10]
Principals
- Mr CJ Healey – Current principal since 2017[11]
- Mr Russell Brooke – 2008 to 2017
- Mrs Stephanie Norrie – 2000 to 2008
- Mr Derek Stubbs – 1992 to 2000
- Mr Ian Sage – Foundation Principal, 1974 to 1991
Notable alumni
- Bridgette Armstrong – played for the New Zealand women's national football team, attended Long Bay College.[12][13][14]
- Andrew Papas – member of the boyband Titanium.
- Paul Wiseman – spin bowler and played international cricket for New Zealand.
- Jason Hicks – footballer[15]
- Tayla Alexander – singer[16]
Gallery
Long Bay College former sign and slogan
s68 design classroom block in LBC
Current (L) and all former principals of the college[17]
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