Long Bay College is a secondary school

Secondary education

Secondary education is the stage of education following primary education. Secondary education includes the final stage of compulsory education and in many countries it is entirely compulsory. The next stage of education is usually college or university...

 in New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 with over 1,500 students. The school offers a wide variety of sports and arts and boasts a high overall academic achievement within the school.

Location

Long Bay College is located between Torbay

Torbay, New Zealand

Torbay is an Auckland suburb.Torbay was under the local governance of the North Shore City Council but was amalgamated into the Auckland "Supercity" in 2010.The name Torbay comes from the area of the same name in the south east of Devon, England....

 and Long Bay

Long Bay, New Zealand

Long Bay is a suburb of North Shore, now incorporated into the greater Auckland metropolitan area in northern New Zealand.The population was 954 in the 2006 Census, an increase of 210 from 2001....

 in the East Coast Bays

East Coast Bays

East Coast Bays is the collective name for a series of small suburbs of North Shore City, in the Auckland metropolitan area of New Zealand, which line the northeast coast of the city along the shore of the Hauraki Gulf and Rangitoto Channel...

 area of Auckland

Auckland

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's North Shore

North Shore, New Zealand

North Shore City was the name of a city that existed in the Auckland region of New Zealand from 1989 until 2010. The city had a population of making it the fourth most populous city in New Zealand prior to November 2010...

. The grounds overlook the Hauraki Gulf

Hauraki Gulf

The Hauraki Gulf is a coastal feature of the North Island of New Zealand. It has a total area of 4000 km², and lies between the Auckland Region, the Hauraki Plains, the Coromandel Peninsula and Great Barrier Island...

. It is based close to the Torbay shopping and overlooking the rolling green hills of Long Bay as well as having views of Long Bay beach which is just 15 minutes walk from the school premises.

Notable alumni

• Bridgette Armstrong
  Bridgette Armstrong
  Bridgette Kate Armstrong , is a member of the Football Ferns, the New Zealand women's association football team.She was a member of the New Zealand squad in the inaugural FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup playing all 3 group games; a 0-1 loss to Canada, a 1-2 loss to Denmark and a 1-3 loss to...
  
   - played for the New Zealand women's national football team, attended Long Bay College.
• Paul Wiseman
  Paul Wiseman
  Paul John Wiseman is a New Zealand cricketer, more specifically an off spin bowler. "Wiz", as he is nicknamed, was educated at the Long Bay College and can generate a fair amount of turn and he appears to be able to bowl a good line and length...
  
  - spin bowler and played international cricket for New Zealand