Kristin School

Kristin School is a prestigious independent co-educational school located in Albany on Auckland’s North Shore in New Zealand, offering education from early learning through to Year 13. Established in 1973 by a group of parents, it has grown to accommodate around 1,800 students on a spacious 50-acre campus with modern, state-of-the-art facilities including theatres, gymnasiums, a library, and extensive sports fields. The school is divided into four parts: Little Doves Early Learning Centre for children aged six months to five years, Junior School (Years 0–6), Middle School (Years 7–10), and Senior School (Years 11–13), each with its own leadership but unified under an executive principal. Kristin is renowned for being the first school in New Zealand to introduce the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme and remains the only school in the country to offer the full IB continuum—Primary Years, Middle Years, and Diploma Programmes—alongside the New Zealand National Curriculum and NCEA qualifications. The school emphasizes a holistic, wholehearted education that nurtures intellectual, physical, spiritual, and emotional development, aiming to prepare students to be responsible global citizens who think creatively, reason critically, and communicate effectively. Kristin is non-denominational and welcomes students from diverse cultural backgrounds, fostering a supportive and nurturing environment where each child is known and valued. It has a strong academic record, with consistently high IB pass rates and university entrance achievements, and is also recognized for its vibrant arts, theatre productions, and progressive teaching methods, including early Mandarin instruction and a comprehensive digital learning program. The school is governed by a charitable trust and operates as a non-profit institution with fees reinvested into facilities and educational resources, making it one of New Zealand’s leading independent schools with a reputation for excellence in both academic and co-curricular domains.