• An excellent private, independent education

• Maximum 4 students in an ESOL class so students get a lot of specialist individual attention

• Maximum 20 international students as we offer a quality service to our students. There are no large groups of any nationality as we try to ensure a diversity of cultures and backgrounds.

• We are an International Baccalaureate World School and we are the only girls school in Wellington to offer the choice of 2 different curricula –
The International Baccalaureate Diploma
The New Zealand curriculum

• Top Academic Results – every year we are in the top 5% of schools nationally

• Excellent location in the very centre of Wellington – 5 minutes walk from the main train and bus stations and 10 minutes walk from the main shopping street.

• Beautiful grounds and elegant, traditional buildings. We also have excellent modern facilities.

• We have a brother School, Scots College (only 15 minutes away). We do lots of combined activities eg dances, sports, drama productions, charity work etc so while girls concentrate on their studies in class they also do a lot of activities outside lessons with boys.

• We have very small classes so we know all our students well and our students receive a lot of individual attention & care. Senior classes have an average of 14 students.

• We are a warm, family school with a global outlook as we have 50 different nationalities amongst our staff and students.

• We offer 30 different sports and outdoor activities eg camps to the Abel Tasman National Park, The Sir Edmund Hilary Outdoor Pursuits’ Centre.

• We have a focus on the Arts with students and groups winning national awards in singing, design, drama etc

• We have strong relationships and exchanges with schools in France, Chile, USA, Argentina, Australia, Japan, Canada, Singapore, Scotland and England.

• We can accept students for short or long visits – from a term to a year or more. Students can start at any time of the year.

• Students accumulate an International Portfolio of Certificates and Diplomas to demonstrate scholarship and command of the English Language. A typical portfolio might contain:

Cambridge University Examinations for Speakers of English as a Second Language
Key English Test (KET)
Preliminary English Test (PET)
First Certificate in English (FCE)
Certificate in Advanced English (CAE)
Certificate in Proficiency in English (CPE)
International English Language Testing System (IELTS)
Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)
THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE DIPLOMA