Northern School of Performing Arts is a performing arts school at 1 Barrys Point Road in Takapuna, Auckland, with a second location on the Hibiscus Coast. It was formed in 2018 when three local schools merged, and it offers dance, drama, musical theatre, music and singing for children aged three to adult. The dance classes include ballet, jazz, tap, contemporary and hip-hop, in open classes and exam classes. The website also lists guitar lessons, singing technique and drama. Students can enter Trinity College of London exams in musical theatre. The school stages one full-scale musical each year, and performs straight plays too.
Parents describe the teachers as enthusiastic, down to earth and experienced, and say their children have grown in confidence. One parent says a child went from being shy to winning a lead role in a school production. Another says the school treats students like family and that teachers are good with every ability level. The school's purpose-built studios have three studio rooms, a reception and a music room. The school's current rehearsals are for a School of Rock musical in October 2026.