ACG Senior College

ACG Senior College
Address
66 Lorne Street, Central Auckland, New Zealand.
Information
Type	Private Senior School
Motto	Redefine Success
Established	1995
Principal	Kathleen Parker
Grades	11-13
School roll	292 (1 July 2012) ^[1]
Socio-economic decile	10
Website	acgedu.com/nz/senior

ACG Senior College is a private senior high school and part of Academic Colleges Group New Zealand. Located in the Auckland CBD, the college is within walking distance of Britomart, Auckland's main transport hub. Students enjoy access to all that the central city has to offer, from The Auckland City Library opposite the school to the open spaces that are Aotea Square and Albert Park. Other noteworthy close facilities include AUT, the University of Auckland and the Auckland Art Gallery.^[2]

Education System

Although Senior College did originally offer the NCEA courses, the institution has since switched to the full Cambridge International Examination system, and gained 34 Top in the World and Top in New Zealand Awards.^[3] Students can take courses at various levels such as IGCSE and AS and A. In November 2013, ACG Senior College also became an IB World School.^[4] Students can take 6-month and 1-year Pre-IB programmes as well as the 2-year IB Diploma Programme (IBDP). Some students in Year 13 study at Senior College part-time and attend university courses at the University of Auckland as well.

Each year, the college takes a number of students who are able and wish to move from Year 9 directly into Year 11.

History

The institution was opened in 1995 as Senior College of New Zealand, and was often referred to as SCONZ. Kathleen Parker, the current principal, was appointed in 2004. The founding, and only other Principal, was Dawn Jones.

References

↑ "New Zealand Schools - Education Counts". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
↑ Senior College location
↑ 34 Top in the World and Top in New Zealand Awards
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External links

Academic Colleges Group

Private schools in Auckland	ACG Senior College 1995 ACG Parnell (formerly ACG Junior College) 1998 ACG Strathallan 2001 ACG Sunderland (founded in 2007 as Sunderland College and School, taken over by ACG in 2010)

Schools outside Auckland	ACG Tauranga 2015

International schools in New Zealand	All located at ACG City Campus in central Auckland ACG New Zealand International College 1995 ACG Norton College 2003 ACG English School 1999

International schools outside New Zealand	ACG School Jakarta 2004 (ACG English School Jakarta opened in 2001) Australian International School, Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh City (formed from the 2013 merger of two ACG schools; ACG International School Vietnam, and Australian International School (AIS), both founded in 2006) ACG Bali (planned)

Related articles	Education in New Zealand For-profit education Private Education in New Zealand International school

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