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MACLEANS COLLEGE

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND

About Our School

Macleans College was opened in 1980 by the Governor General, Sir David Beattie, with a roll of 199 students. The school is co-educational and was the first S80 or whanau house school built in New Zealand. It now has a roll of over 2200 students.

Each whanau house comprises a large building with a variety of teaching spaces and a commons area which acts as a social space. The whanau is an extended family of approximately 280 300 students which operates as a mini school within the larger school. On arrival at Macleans College a student is placed in a form class. The form class is assigned to one of the whanau houses. The students remain in that form class and, therefore, in that house for the duration of their time at the college.

Macleans College has established a deserved reputation for high performance in the area of academic success. The school offers its students a number of curriculum assessment and qualification pathways, and we are now a truly international school as a result. This is complemented by a highly prized value system based on the unique whanau house concept, and the active support of an extensive programme of co-curricular activities. We constantly take pride in the excellent calibre of our staff, and the professionalism and support of our Board of Trustees.

Our basic values are constantly tended and enhanced, as we try to ensure that this is a school that is willing and able to innovate. It is a school that offers our students and staff a myriad of opportunities. Macleans College has a student roll representing in excess of 50 nationalities. The diversity and energy of this truly international community of students and staff helps make the school dynamic and always interesting.