ACG Tauranga is a private coeducational day school located on the outskirts of

Tauranga Tauranga () is a coastal city in the Bay of Plenty region and the fifth most populous city of New Zealand, with an urban population of , or roughly 3% of the national population. It was settled by Māori late in the 13th century, colonised by ...

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. The school is owned and operated by Auckland-based private education company ACG Schools (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 ...

). The school opened at the beginning of the 2015 school year, and initially offered places for Year 1-9 students. It now offers education from preschool-Year 13. It is the first private school in Tauranga since Tauranga Rudolf Steiner School integrated into the state system in March 2005. It is the latest of

's 10 schools, whose New Zealand schools are members of Independent Schools of New Zealand (ISNZ). Thea Kilian is the current principal, transferring from her role as Deputy Principal from Auckland's Long Bay College.

Background

The school was announced via

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from ACG in August, 2013. It is ACG's first domestic school outside of the

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. Of ACG's existing domestic schools, ACG Tauranga is closest in nature to

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, south of

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, which opened in 2001. The development was initially opposed by the

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, however work was underway in February 2014. The school covers 14 hectares, formerly a

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. Amenities will include a gymnasium, three sports fields, a utility building, and parking. As well as hard courts, a sports pavilion, horticultural building and an

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centre. The first public meeting was held in April 2014 at Trinity Wharf Hotel in Tauranga. ACG claims over 200 parents and teachers attended from across the

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.' In 2016, construction of the new three-storey gymnasium began. It was completed in May 2017.

Curriculum

The

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is aligned closely to the Cambridge International programme. As with all domestic ACG schools, ACG Tauranga offers the

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(CIE) instead of the

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(NCEA). Its first cohort of Year 13 students achieved a 100% pass rate in all A Level subjects in 2019.

Schools

The school is divided into Junior (Year 1–6), Middle (Year 7-9) and Senior (Year 10-13) Schools. It also has a preschool.

External links

ACG Tauranga website

Academic Colleges Group website

References

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Curriculum

Schools

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