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| Botany Downs Secondary College (BDSC) | |
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| Address | |
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575 Chapel Road, East Tamaki, Auckland, New Zealand
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| Coordinates | 36°56′04″S 174°54′58″E / 36.934370°S 174.915984°E / -36.934370; 174.915984 |
| Information | |
| Funding type | State (not integrated) |
| Motto | "Maximising achievement through intellectual growth" |
| Opened | January 2004 (January 2004) |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 6930 |
| Principal | Karen Brinsden |
| Years offered | 9–13 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| School roll | 1,896[1] (February 2024) |
| Socio-economic decile | 9Q[2] |
| Website | www |
Botany Downs Secondary College is a state coeducational secondary school located in East Tamaki, a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. The school opened in 2004 as a result of new residential development in the eastern Auckland area. Serving Years 9 to 13, the school has a roll of approximately 1,896 students.[1]
Botany Downs Secondary College was announced with a notice published in the New Zealand Gazette by Education Minister Trevor Mallard on 12 November 2001, with the working name Howick South Secondary School.[3] The school opened in January 2004, initially taking Year 9 students only. The remaining school years opened as the 2004 Year 9 students moved through, with the school fully opening at the beginning of 2008.
The logo design uses the circles of the Beta and Delta characters from the Greek alphabet.
The Whanau system in BDSC contains 4 Whanau, with the later addition of Britten and Koru.
| Funding year
level |
Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/
Pākehā |
International
students |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 9 | 22 | 27 | 200 | 19 | 6 | 121 | 4 | 349 |
| Year 10 | 17 | 29 | 195 | 13 | 4 | 125 | 17 | 356 |
| Year 11 | 25 | 40 | 216 | 21 | 3 | 167 | 28 | 428 |
| Year 12 | 20 | 24 | 178 | 13 | 2 | 114 | 16 | 331 |
| Year 13+ | 12 | 23 | 156 | 17 | 0 | 89 | 10 | 270 |
| Total | 96 | 143 | 945 | 83 | 15 | 616 | 75 | 1,734 |
In the 2023 Census, 54.5% of students ethnically identified as Asian, and 35.5% as European/Pākehā. Other major ethnic groups include Pacific (8.2%), Māori (5.5%), Middle Eastern, Latin American, African (MELAA) (4.8%), and other (0.8%). International students were included but separated, with 4.3% of students having been affiliated with an international status.[4] The roll data presented is based on roll returns from the Ministry of Education as of 1 July 2023, reporting over 1,734 students, including domestic students who are affiliated with a single or multiple ethnic groups and international students.[5]
