ACG Parnell College

ACG Parnell College is an independent co-educational facility and is part of ACG Schools, whose New Zealand schools are members of the Independent Schools of New Zealand (ISNZ).[3] The school is located in the suburb of Parnell in Auckland, New Zealand. The school offers the Cambridge Assessment International Education (CAIE) and International Baccalaureate. The school is also a member of the Association of Cambridge Schools in New Zealand.[4] ACG Parnell College is split up into four campuses - Early Learning School on 110 Park Road, Primary School Campuses on 39 George Street, Middle School Campus on 2 Titoki Street (Main ACG Parnell College building) and a Senior Campus on 9 Davis Crescent. [5]

ACG Parnell College
Address
2 Titoki Street / 39 George Street / 9 Davis Crescent
Parnell
Auckland 1023
New Zealand
Coordinates36.8632°S 174.7788°E / -36.8632; 174.7788
Information
TypePrivate co-educational composite (Years 1-13) school
Motto"Reaching For The Stars"
Established1998
Ministry of Education Institution no.2085
PrincipalDamian Watson
School roll1332[1] (March 2020)
Socio-economic decile10Z[2]
Websitewww.acgedu.com/nz/parnell

History

ACG Parnell College (formerly ACG Junior College) was founded in 1998 and originally provided education for students in Years 7 to 10. In 2007 the College was redeveloped, renamed and expanded to offer places at Years 1 to 13.[6]

In 2019 ACG Parnell College opened its new expansion of the college - Senior Campus. The unique pre - university styled campus is located on 9 Davis Crescent Street, Newmarket. The campus offers both Cambridge International Examinations and The International Baccalaureate. The new Senior Campus serves Year 12 and 13 only. In July 2020, an Early Learning School was opened.

School leadership

Mr Larne Edmaedes was the school's former Principal.[7] He was appointed as Principal in 2005, he has worked with staff to establish and develop the new ACG campus. He left the college at the end of the 2016 academic year, leaving Mr Ed Coup as acting principal.[7] In early June 2017, Mr Russell Brooke became the school Principal[8] and left the school on 1 March 2020, leaving Mr Damian Watson as Principal.[9]

The Principal is in charge of the Primary School and specifically, the College. The College is also run by two Deputy Principals and an Assistant Principal.[9]

Aside from Deans, administrative and support staff, the school employs approximately 50-60 teachers.[10]

Curriculum

The school offers Cambridge International Exams (CIE) and as of 2019, due to the merge with ACG Senior College, also offers the International Baccalaureate programme (IB).[11] The school's average class time is 65 minutes except for Tuesday, which has an average class time of 55 minutes, since the cyclic test started in 2020.

Demographics

Last visited by Education Review Office (ERO) on 29 November 2019.

ACG Parnell College had 984 students on their school role, with a large number of 304 International Students. Sixty-three percent of students were male and 37% were female. Twenty-one percent identified themselves as European New Zealanders, 30% were Chinese, 8% Indian and the remaining 41% being classified as Other ethnic groups.[12]

Notable alumni

References
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  2. "New Zealand Schools - Education Counts". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  3. "ISNZ". isnz.org.nz. Independent Schools of New Zealand. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  4. "Association of Cambridge Schools in New Zealand". acsnz.org.nz. ACSNZ. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  5. "Senior Campus". ACG Parnell College. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  6. "ACG Parnell College History". acgedu.com. Academic Colleges Group. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  7. "Larne Edmeades - ACG Parnell College". acgedu.com. Academic Colleges Group. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  8. "Meet our new Principal, Russell Brooke". Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  9. "Damian Watson appointed as Principal at ACG Parnell College".
  10. "ACG Parnell College Staff". acgedu.com. Academic Colleges Group. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  11. "Secondary School Curriculum". ACG Parnell College. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  12. "ACG Parnell ERO Report 2019". Education Review Office. 29 November 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  13. "BLACKPINK's Jennie Actually Made Her TV Debut When She Was 10 Years Old". Koreaboo. 10 June 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  14. "BLACKPINK JENNIE As A 10-Year-Old In New Zealand Caught On MBC's Documentary". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). 29 December 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
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