A former manager of a Waikato school has admitted defrauding it of nearly $800,000.

However, the 40-year-old was granted interim name suppression when she appeared in the Hamilton District Court this morning. She admitted seven fraud charges from while she worked at the school.

The woman is well known in sporting and business circles.

Community magistrate Ngaire Mascelle entered intimated guilty pleas to all charges to reappear in January when name suppression will again be discussed.

The woman was also ordered to surrender her passport.