New Zealand - Auckland - Birkenhead College - 4PE - 1998 Do you have more information about the school or the people in this photo? Please use the comment section below to share. To search for other photos from this school, please type the schools name in to our search engine. Birkdale College (Birkenhead) - Birkenhead College (known initially as Birkdale College) is a state co-educational secondary school which opened in February 1972 - The residential growth of the surrounding area grew the student roll to 1169 and 71 teachers in 1982. The early developmental years firmly established a culture that expected each person in the school to gain the highest qualifications possible and to treat others with kindness, consideration and respect