The School
Ohope Beach Primary School contains a field, a hall, swimming pool, 15 classrooms and an office. The school is a state school that caters for Years 1-6 and has approximately 320 students. The principal, Tony Horsfall, who took over from S Akroyd, has been with the school for 2 1/2 years, since 2010.
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