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Macleans College
Macleans College is a co-educational state secondary school located in Eastern Beach, Auckland, New Zealand. The school is named after the Scottish Maclean family who lived and farmed the land of the school and surrounding reserves, and the school emblem contains the castle from their family crest along with five waves which symbolise the seaside location of the school. Metro placed Macleans College as the number one Auckland high school in 2010 among those in the Cambridge International Examinations system. In 2014, Macleans College ranked 2nd nationally in the Cambridge International Examinations.
The school is named after the Maclean family. Robert and Every Maclean immigrated to New Zealand from Scotland. The family farmed the areas of land located in Howick that is the school's current location, as well as the surrounding government-controlled reserves.
The school was opened in 1980 by then Governor General Sir David Beattie with an initial roll of 199 students. The first principal was Colin Prentice, who later became director of World Vision in New Zealand, followed by his deputy Allan McDonald in 1989. In 2000, upon McDonald's retirement, Byron J. Bentley, became principal. Since 2018, upon Bentley's retirement, Steven Hargreaves became the new principal, and has been serving the school ever since.
In 2015, the school auditorium was renamed the 'Colin Prentice Auditorium' in honour of the late founding principal after his death. In 2017, Byron Bentley announced his retirement as principal. He stood as the longest-serving principal of the school, governing for 18 years. An official student publication "The Collegian" launched in 2018.
In 2021, the Crown handed over the land on which the school sat back to the local Māori iwi "Ngai Tai ki Tamaki" after they "exercised their option to purchase" as agreed to in the treaty of Treaty of Waitangi. The sale of the Macleans school site (land only) for $97 million NZD occurred on 30 March 2021. The Ministry of Education remains the owner of all school buildings on the land, and this would not change the school's day-to-day operations. The annual lease cost is about $6 million.
Upon admission, pupils are placed in one of the eight 'whanau houses', with the option to be with a sibling or family member, whether they are currently attending or a former student.
These houses are named after significant New Zealanders, and the traits and achievements of this person influence the house's environment, charity and what it encourages. The selection is random, unless the student has or had any sibling or parent attend the school, wherein the student has an option to be enrolled in the same house, or be randomly placed in any of the other seven.
The Whanau House system at Macleans divides the school into houses of about 300 students each, with two form classes of 30 or so students for each year level, with the exception of the house containing the accelerate class with 3 form classes, all from the same house. The 'whanau house' system had previously been trialled at Penrose High School (now One Tree Hill College) by modifying existing buildings, but Macleans College was the first state school in New Zealand to be purpose-built around the system. Recently, though, with the influx of new students, some houses have 3 form classes per year or more to accommodate the students.
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Macleans College
Macleans College is a co-educational state secondary school located in Eastern Beach, Auckland, New Zealand. The school is named after the Scottish Maclean family who lived and farmed the land of the school and surrounding reserves, and the school emblem contains the castle from their family crest along with five waves which symbolise the seaside location of the school. Metro placed Macleans College as the number one Auckland high school in 2010 among those in the Cambridge International Examinations system. In 2014, Macleans College ranked 2nd nationally in the Cambridge International Examinations.
The school is named after the Maclean family. Robert and Every Maclean immigrated to New Zealand from Scotland. The family farmed the areas of land located in Howick that is the school's current location, as well as the surrounding government-controlled reserves.
The school was opened in 1980 by then Governor General Sir David Beattie with an initial roll of 199 students. The first principal was Colin Prentice, who later became director of World Vision in New Zealand, followed by his deputy Allan McDonald in 1989. In 2000, upon McDonald's retirement, Byron J. Bentley, became principal. Since 2018, upon Bentley's retirement, Steven Hargreaves became the new principal, and has been serving the school ever since.
In 2015, the school auditorium was renamed the 'Colin Prentice Auditorium' in honour of the late founding principal after his death. In 2017, Byron Bentley announced his retirement as principal. He stood as the longest-serving principal of the school, governing for 18 years. An official student publication "The Collegian" launched in 2018.
In 2021, the Crown handed over the land on which the school sat back to the local Māori iwi "Ngai Tai ki Tamaki" after they "exercised their option to purchase" as agreed to in the treaty of Treaty of Waitangi. The sale of the Macleans school site (land only) for $97 million NZD occurred on 30 March 2021. The Ministry of Education remains the owner of all school buildings on the land, and this would not change the school's day-to-day operations. The annual lease cost is about $6 million.
Upon admission, pupils are placed in one of the eight 'whanau houses', with the option to be with a sibling or family member, whether they are currently attending or a former student.
These houses are named after significant New Zealanders, and the traits and achievements of this person influence the house's environment, charity and what it encourages. The selection is random, unless the student has or had any sibling or parent attend the school, wherein the student has an option to be enrolled in the same house, or be randomly placed in any of the other seven.
The Whanau House system at Macleans divides the school into houses of about 300 students each, with two form classes of 30 or so students for each year level, with the exception of the house containing the accelerate class with 3 form classes, all from the same house. The 'whanau house' system had previously been trialled at Penrose High School (now One Tree Hill College) by modifying existing buildings, but Macleans College was the first state school in New Zealand to be purpose-built around the system. Recently, though, with the influx of new students, some houses have 3 form classes per year or more to accommodate the students.