Macleans College
BoundFor analysis · from ERO reports and public data
Our read on Macleans College
Strong School With Clear Plans to Improve Further
ERO's 2023 profile report presents Macleans College as a capable, well-functioning school with experienced staff and strong teaching practices. The school is actively working to strengthen how its curriculum is structured and sequenced across year levels, and ERO is partnering with the school to evaluate and support this improvement work.
Source: ERO, 8 August 2023 · How we write these · What ERO ratings mean
Location & enrolment zone
Where the school sits and who it accepts
Macleans College
2 Macleans Road, Eastern Beach, Auckland
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How enrolment at Macleans College works
Ministry of Education enrolment-scheme status, and what it means for an application.
Macleans College has an enrolment scheme, so it has a home zone. A child who lives inside that zone is entitled to enrol. Check your street address against the boundary using the zone checker above — confirm the result with the school before relying on it.
Families outside the zone can apply only when the school offers out-of-zone places for the intake they need. When applications exceed the places available, the school works through the priority groups in this order, with a supervised random ballot inside an oversubscribed group:
- Students accepted for an approved special programme, where the school runs one
- Siblings of current students
- Siblings of former students
- Children of former students
- Children of school-board employees or board members
- All other applicants
Priority is not a guarantee: if a group has more applicants than places, that group goes to a ballot and the groups below it receive nothing in that round. Read our guide to out-of-zone enrolment and ballots for the application steps, evidence and deadlines.
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Quick answers
What families ask about Macleans College
- Does Macleans College have an enrolment zone?
- Yes. An enrolment scheme is listed and the available zone map is shown below. Check your exact address before relying on eligibility.
- What year levels does Macleans College teach?
- Macleans College teaches Year 9–13.
- What is Macleans College's Equity Index?
- The listed EQI is 385. EQI reflects socioeconomic barriers used for funding; it is not a school-quality score.
- How large is the school?
- The latest listed roll is 2,981 students.
- When was the latest listed ERO review?
- The latest review date in the public data is August 2023.
The basics
Ministry of Education records
- Teaching language
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Opened
- 1980
- Principal
- Steven Hargreaves
- Urban/rural setting
- Major urban area
- Donation requests
- May Be RequestedSchool may request voluntary donations
Academic pathways
Macleans College offers the Cambridge (CAIE) pathway. NCEA tables alone don't capture this school's full academic offering. The full school report puts this pathway in context for your family.
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Schools near Macleans College
Other schools close by, nearest first.
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