Education
Kaipara College is a secondary (years 9-15) school with a decile rating of 7 and a roll of 650. The school began as Helensville District High School in 1924, and changed its name to Kaipara College in 1959.
Helensville Primary School is a full primary (years 1-8) school with a decile rating of 5 and a roll of 336. It was founded in 1877.
Tau Te Arohanoa Akoranga is a composite (years 1-12) school with a decile rating of 7 and a roll of 44. It is a private school offering a Christian-based education, operating from the Helensville Rugby Clubrooms.
All these schools are coeducational.
Helensville also had a Community Education scheme in association with Kaipara College called the Rodney Community Learning Centre serving early school leavers and mature students. This consisted of two small TEC funded sites, one in Helensville and another one in Wellsford. This however closed down at the end of 2005.
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