ACG Strathallan is an independent co-educational school located on the Hingaia Peninsula in
Karaka, New Zealand, close to the
Auckland Southern Motorway
The Auckland Southern Motorway (also known as the Southern Motorway, and historically as the Auckland–Hamilton Motorway) is the major route south out of the Auckland Region of New Zealand. It is part of New Zealand State Highway 1, State Highw ...
. It is part of ACG Education (formerly known as
Academic Colleges Group
ACG Schools (formerly known as ACG Education) is a New Zealand-based private education company that operates schools and preschools in New Zealand and Asia. Incorporated as a New Zealand Limited Liability Company in 1994 it established its fir ...
) whose New Zealand schools are members of Independent Schools of New Zealand (ISNZ).
The campus opened in February 2001. Its facility provides education through the ACG Strathallan Preschool Centre (for children aged three months to five years), ACG Strathallan School for Years 1 to 6, and ACG Strathallan College for Years 7 to 13 offering the
University of Cambridge International Examinations
Cambridge Assessment International Education (informally known as Cambridge International or simply Cambridge and formerly known as CIE, Cambridge International Examinations) is a provider of international qualifications, offering examinations ...
(CIE). The school is a member of the Association of Cambridge Schools in New Zealand and is also a registered Cambridge International Fellowship Centre.
School leadership
Danny O'Connor is Strathallan’s current executive principal. He was appointed in Term 3 of 2017 to replace Robin Kirkham who had been the school Principal since 2010. Robin was appointed in Term 2 of 2010 to replace Clarence van der Wel, Strathallan’s foundation executive principal, who left to take up a full-time position with Academic Colleges Group as deputy chief executive.
He is now the Director of Schools. The executive principal oversees the preschool centre, primary school and college. The college is also run by two deputy principals and an assistant principal.
The primary school is run by a principal and two deans, and the preschool centre is run by the preschool manager.
The college employs six deans, and as well as administrative and support staff, the school employs 50–60 teachers.
Houses
The school has four house clusters; Batten House (formerly Blue House, renamed after
Jean Batten
Jane Gardner Batten (15 September 1909 – 22 November 1982), commonly known as Jean Batten, was a New Zealand aviator, making a number of record-breaking solo flights across the world. She is notable for completing the first solo flight fro ...
), McLaren House (formerly Red House, renamed after
Bruce McLaren
Bruce Leslie McLaren (30 August 1937 – 2 June 1970) was a New Zealand racing car designer, driver, engineer, and inventor.
His name lives on in the McLaren team which has been one of the most successful in Formula One championship history, ...
), Angus House (formerly Yellow House, renamed after
Rita Angus
Rita Angus (12 March 1908 – 25 January 1970), a New Zealand painter, has a reputation - along with Colin McCahon and Toss Woollaston - as one of the leading figures in twentieth-century New Zealand art. She worked primarily in oil and water c ...
) and Wilkins House (formerly Green House, renamed after
Maurice Wilkins
Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins (15 December 1916 – 5 October 2004) was a New Zealand-born British biophysicist and Nobel laureate whose research spanned multiple areas of physics and biophysics, contributing to the scientific understanding o ...
.
References
External links
School website
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