The school was opened in 1980 by the Governor General, Sir David Beattie. The school is co-educational and was the first S80 or whānau house school built in New Zealand. It now has a roll of over 2500 students.
Macleans College has earned a reputation as a world-class school with students that deliver results of the very highest standard and with the values and attributes that prepare them for successful lives beyond school.
Macleans College has one of the largest International Student bodies of any school in New Zealand. International Students from 20 different countries attend Macleans College.
Macleans College has a deserved reputation for high performance in academic success and results in external exams regularly place the school among the top in New Zealand.
Macleans has a curriculum programme with four different pathways: NCEA, Cambridge Assessment International Education, Vocational and Scholarship
All academic information regarding NCEA, CAIE and MCert is now available on Macleans Sites.
The multiple pathway:
