ACG Sunderland School and College

ACG Sunderland School and College
Aspire • Succeed • Respect
Address
6 Waipareira Avenue, Henderson, Waitakere City^[1]
Coordinates	36°51′49″S 174°38′00″E / 36.863717°S 174.63335°E / -36.863717; 174.63335Coordinates: 36°51′49″S 174°38′00″E / 36.863717°S 174.63335°E / -36.863717; 174.63335
Information
Type	Private co-educational school
Established	2007
Ministry of Education Institution no.	571
Principal	Nathan Villars
Grades	1-13
School roll	339
Socio-economic decile	10
Website	www.acgedu.com/nz/sunderland

ACG Sunderland is a private school and is part of Academic Colleges Group. It is located in Henderson, a western suburb of Auckland.^[2]

Foundation

The Sunderland Education Trust founded Sunderland in 2007 as "Sunderland School and College". It was the first private school in Waitakere City (west Auckland). In 2010, Academic Colleges Group (ACG) took over the management contract for Sunderland, changing the name to ACG Sunderland. The school occupies the building formerly used by the Waitakere City Council.^[3]

Student body

ACG Sunderland provides education to boys and girls from Years 1 to 13,^[4] and currently has plans for an onsite kindergarten. The student body is split into four houses, named after four founders of the school - Tong, Fleming, Findlay, and McDonald.

Curriculum

ACG Sunderland offers the University of Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) and is a member of the Association of Cambridge Schools in New Zealand.^[5] Subjects include English, Music, Mathematics, Co-ordinated Science, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, History, Art, Geography and Physical Education. ICT is integrated. There is a Spanish teaching room and rooms for learning support, ESOL, College art and Primary School art.^[6]

Campus

ACG Sunderland’s campus comprises architecturally designed premises and nine acres of landscaped grounds. As well as providing a full-sized gymnasium, computer suites, science laboratories, art rooms and a specialist technology department, the School places emphasis on the performing arts, with specialist music rooms, a band practice room, a drama room and a 150-seat auditorium.^[7]

References

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

Schools in the Auckland Region, New Zealand

State secondary & composite	Albany Junior High School Albany Senior High School Alfriston College Aorere College Auckland Girls' Grammar School Auckland Grammar School Avondale College Birkenhead College Botany Downs Secondary College Edgewater College Epsom Girls' Grammar School Glendowie College Green Bay High School Henderson High School Hobsonville Point Secondary School Howick College James Cook High School Kaipara College Kelston Boys' High School Kelston Girls College Kia Aroha College Long Bay College Lynfield College Macleans College Mahurangi College Mangere College Manurewa High School Massey High School Mission Heights Junior College Mount Albert Grammar School Mount Roskill Grammar School Northcote College One Tree Hill College Onehunga High School Orewa College Ormiston Senior College Otahuhu College Pakuranga College Papakura High School Papatoetoe High School Pukekohe High School Rangitoto College Rodney College Rosehill College Rutherford College Selwyn College Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate Southern Cross Campus Takapuna Grammar School Tamaki College Tangaroa College Te Kura Maori o Nga Tapuwae TKKM o Puau Te Moananui-a-Kiwa TKKM o Hoani Waititi TKKM o Mangere Waiheke High School Waitakere College Waiuku College Western Springs College Westlake Boys High School Westlake Girls High School Whangaparaoa College

State-integrated	Al-Madinah School Auckland Seventh-day Adventist High School Baradene College of the Sacred Heart Carmel College De La Salle College Elim Christian College Hato Petera College Kingsway School Liston College Marcellin College Marist College McAuley High School Michael Park School Rosmini College Sacred Heart College Sancta Maria College St Dominic's College St Mary's College St Paul's College St Peter's College Wesley College Zayed College for Girls

Private	ACG New Zealand International College ACG Parnell College ACG Senior College ACG Strathallan ACG Sunderland Auckland International College Destiny School Dilworth School Diocesan School for Girls Hebron Christian College Immanuel Christian School King's College Kristin School Manukau Christian School Pinehurst School Pukekohe Christian School St Cuthbert's College St Kentigern College Titirangi Rudolf Steiner School Tyndale Park Christian School Wentworth College

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