Kristin School

Kristin School is an independent co-educational school located in Albany, North Shore, New Zealand. Kristin is an IB World School with approximately 1,670 students.

The school was established in 1973 by a small group of parents, and is owned by the Kristin School Charitable Trust (non-profit making - fees are used to pay expenses and facilities) and is governed by trustees and governors appointed from both the school and the wider community.

Kristin contains a Kindergarten and is divided into three separate schools - Junior (years 0-6), Middle (years 7-10), and Senior (years 11-13). Reflecting contemporary managerialism, each school has its own principal and an executive principal has overall responsibility to the Board of Governors.

In the terms of its management and governors, the school formally emphasises an holistic education- of "building greatness", not only through world class academic excellence, but also instilling values-based self-confidence, a strong community service ethic, and a vision for students as citizens of the world.

Reflecting its locational setting, the school is primarily ethnically New Zealand European, with East Asians making up most of the remainder of the school community. Maori and Pacific Island students, while not absent as social groups, make up a low percentage of the Kristin population, especially when compared with other schools in New Zealand, particularly public schools.