Bayfield High School, Dunedin

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Bayfield High School
Quarere Verum
Motto	Quality Education in a Caring Environment
Type	Secondary (Year 9-13)
Year established	1961
Address	Shore Street, Dunedin
Principal	Dennis Slowley
School roll	761
Socio-economic decile (10 is high)	8
Ministry of Education Institution no.	382
Website	www.bayfield-high.school.nz

Bayfield High School was established in 1961. It is a high school in Dunedin New Zealand and is located on the corner of Musselburgh Rise and Shore Street. It currently has around 700 students. Bayfield is one of the few co-educational schools in Dunedin.

It has a special needs centre called The Support Centre for pupils who have learning disabilities and behaviour problems.It also has an anti-bullying policy and learning to learn curriculum. There are five houses with approximately 140 students in each house.The houses are Anderson, Begg, Herron, Ross and Sommervile. All houses except Herron are named after the founding fathers of the district; Herron is named after the first principal Jack Herron. Each house has 5 tutor groups with a tutor teacher and associate teacher. Each house has a dean that looks after the house.

Bayfield High School is Located on the Otago Harbour and Musselburgh Rise

The school is well-known throughout the local community for having a strong music department. It has performed in the wider school community, and in 2006 the school Orchestra, Jazz Band and Madrigal Choir flew to Sydney, Australia to play in the Sydney Opera House with a company called United World Concert Tours. The Colorado Youth Symphony Orchestra and the National Band of Hawaii also performed.