Private boarding school in Auckland, New Zealand

King's College, Auckland:
Located in Otahuhu, Auckland, on the North Island of New Zealand, King’s College is one of the largest boarding schools in New Zealand, catering for students from all over the country, traditionally from rural areas, the Auckland region, and overseas. For the past 113 years, Boarders have formed the heart of King’s and their involvement in the sporting and cultural programmes of the College gives us the competitive edge. We have a very flexible boarding programme at King's, catering for 360 boys from Years 9 to 13 and 50 girls in Years 12 and 13. We provide for both 'weekly' (five-day) boarding and 'full' (seven day) boarding. King’s College is a progressive learning institution, with first-class facilities and modern computer technology. Dedicated and talented teaching staff ensure that every student is prepared for the future. Learning should be both challenging and enjoyable and, at King's, we strive to maintain that balance in everything we do.

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The Vision of King's College is to provide the best all-round education it is possible to obtain (Graham Bruce, Headmaster, 1896).

We aim to provide excellence in teaching and learning within a well-balanced educational context involving the academic, cultural, social, physical, emotional and spiritual dimensions of life.

King's College endeavours to achieve the following:

Academic:

* Encourage the best practice and innovation, whilst valuing the importance of traditions.
* Preserve the size of the school roll at a maximum level of 950.
* Provide a quality academic programme which challenges students to pursue excellence and value achievement, regardless of their individual abilities.
* Maintain a balanced curriculum and prepare all students for successful career choices and life-long learning.
* Integrate best practice Information Technology (IT) into the curriculum as an effective tool for learning.
* Encourage students, teachers and parents to work in partnership and to create a positive learning culture and environment.
* Provide high quality staff at the College, achieved through ongoing, relevant professional development and by working together in a supportive and collegial manner. The community on-site' ethos of the College is to be maintained and enhanced.

Cultural:

* Reflect, respect and support the bicultural and multicultural diversity of New Zealand society through its enrolment policy and educational programmes.
* Foster an appreciation and experience of the arts and cultural activities.
* Promote ethical policies, procedures and behaviour.

Social:

* Maintain and enhance a fully integrated senior co-educational programme and a modern, flexible boarding dimension as significant components of the College.
* Develop a strong sense of citizenship through well-developed leadership and community service programmes.
* Prepare students for a competitive world, whilst fostering cooperation and integrity.
* Maintain strong links and communication with the College community.

Our academic purpose is to challenge all students to meet their academic goals. By the time they leave us, King's College will have encouraged them to work hard to maximise their academic potential.

King's is proud of its academic record and, through our Entrance Examination, we ensure that students have the ability and potential to cope with our academic curriculum. Class sizes are limited and our policy of a low pupil-to-teacher ratio ensures students are given greater individual attention in the classroom. We prepare students for their best possible achievement in external national examinations including NCEA and Cambridge examinations, and for further tertiary study. Throughout their time at King's, their performance is monitored regularly, through order grades, tutoring interviews and term reports. By closely monitoring individual performance, we can quickly identify any areas which may need improvement.

Students normally enter King's College at Year 9 and are usually aged 13 years. However it is possible, in the event of places being available, to enter the College at levels above Form Three. It is considered that a commitment of two years education at the College is a minimum requirement, and therefore entry to Year 13 is not possible.

It is a requirement that each applicant has a satisfactory level of English language usage. Applicants whose first language is not English will be expected to demonstrate a level of competence and ease of communication in the English language, before commencing at the College. This will include the ability to express themselves in both written and spoken English to a degree of competence that will allow them to follow the academic courses at the level at which they enter.

King’s College is one of the largest boarding schools in New Zealand, catering for students from all over the country, traditionally from rural areas, the Auckland region, and overseas. For the past 113 years, Boarders have formed the heart of King’s and their involvement in the sporting and cultural programmes of the College gives us the competitive edge. We have a very flexible boarding programme at King's, catering for 360 boys from Years 9 to 13 and 50 girls in Years 12 and 13. We provide for both 'weekly' (five-day) boarding and 'full' (seven day) boarding.

Boys:
There are five boys' boarding Houses. Three of the Houses offer Full Boarding (seven-day boarding): School, St John’s & Parnell; Averill offers Weekly Boarding (five day boarding) and Selwyn offers a mix of the two. All the Houses have a Housemaster, three tutors and a matron, all of whom live on site. The tutors look after the academic and extra-mural progress of each boy as well as providing pastoral care. The matrons have the role of House mothers, tending to minor sports injuries and illnesses while also keeping an eye on the neatness and appearance of the boys.

Juniors sleep in dormitories while the seniors have studies, either shared or on their own, depending on seniority. All Houses have common rooms and kitchenettes where the boys can socialise or watch television.

Full Boarding:
Boys are expected to stay on campus on certain calendared weekends (six per year), when activities are planned for them. On other weekends boys may apply for overnight leave on Saturday or for day leave on Sunday. Saturday leave starts after sport and ends before Chapel on Sunday (or at 8.30pm on non-Chapel evenings). In addition, boys may have one 'family' Friday overnight per term where they may go out on Friday afternoon and return on Sunday evening.

Weekly Boarding:
Weekly Boarders leave the College every Saturday after sport and return by 8.30am on Monday mornings. Students are allowed three Friday night leaves per term.

Girls:
Middlemore House offers boarding for 50 girls. A commitment to either Weekly Boarding or Full Boarding is made at the beginning of each term and a change of status can be made only at that time. Their leave conditions are exactly the same as the boys. Year 12 girls share a double study, and Year 13 girls have single rooms. Year 12 & 13s have separate common rooms, kitchenettes, and TV rooms where the girls can socialize. The Middlemore girls are attached to a boys' House for some of the inter-House activities (in 2009 these included swimming, athletics, and steeplechase).

Boarding Programme for boys and girls; Junior School; Senior School; National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) and Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) Exams. King's College welcomes applications from Year Nine (Form Three) for boys and Year 12 (Form Six) for girls. Applicants are required to sit the College Entrance and Classification Tests in English, Mathematics and General Aptitude.

For more than a century, King's has employed a traditional prefect system, with authority and responsibility vested in selected senior students. Increasingly, the shortcomings and educational limitations of focusing on a small group of leaders have become apparent, and we believe this system of management is misaligned with both the values of the College, and also with current trends in wider society, into which our students will move.

King's has therefore broadened its leadership group by developing its prefectorial body further to include three groups of prefects, School Prefects, Gold Badge Prefects (who also have school responsibilities) and House Prefects. These three groups together, account for over eighty Year 13 students, which is approximately one third of the total year group.

King's has therefore broadened its leadership group by developing noted carry considerable status in the school and are expected to exercise leadership within their own peer group (frequently the most difficult task), and beyond it in the wider context of the school. However, there are also many other leadership opportunities for our seniors and we hope that the right opportunity exists for each student, whether it be in the Chapel, on the cultural front, on the sports field or in community service.