Wesley Primary School Competitors

Often referred to as ‘The Grammar Way’, Auckland Grammar School sets its standards very high, demanding excellence across all aspects of daily life. While providing young men with a rigorous academic education, each young man in turn is expected to pursue excellence in acquiring knowledge and skills while embracing the School’s values. These values are core to upholding the School’s position of pre-eminence in boys’ secondary education. They are integrity, excellence, respect, courage, pride, commitment and humility. Through teaching and practising these values, we hope to develop in our students valuable personal qualities such as self-discipline, resourcefulness, adaptability, creativity, honesty, courtesy, self-reliance, healthy self-esteem, pride in personal appearance and public spirit, with the aim of using these virtues for the good of the School and the community.

Balmoral is an innovative and forward thinking school. On our site we have both a Primary School and an Intermediate School. Our most recent Education Review Office report highlighted very high student achievement in reading, writing and mathematics and celebrated the fact that we have a "broad and holistic view of success and achievement is integral to the school's vision, philosophy and culture. Children are active participants in their education where curiosity, challenge, critical thinking and creativity are valued outcomes. The school promotes the joy of learning." We are continually looking for ways to improve and develop our curriculum in order to ensure that our students are engaged, challenged and thinking. Again, this was highlighted by the Education Review office: "The school's curriculum design draws on research and current educational thinking to meet the learning needs and aspirations of students and parents. It provides students with opportunities to learn, achieve and progress through the breadth and depth of the NZC.

Marist School Mt Albert is a caring and welcoming Catholic primary school serving children from School Entry to Year 6 located in Mt. Albert, Auckland.