New Zealand, Auckland
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Learning Support Team and SENCOs provide extra help for students with learning differences, additional extension, or extra encouragement, working with families and teachers to create personalised plans. A full-time, qualified School Counsellor is available to all students, free of charge, offering confidential support for friendships, school stress, anxiety, or personal challenges. Sessions are focused on wellbeing and resilience. Health Clinic provides First Aid on-site and medical support during school hours as part of pastoral care.
The Learning Support Team and SENCOs provide extra help for students with learning differences, additional extension, or extra encouragement; they work with families and teachers to create personalised plans.
English language level is assessed for international learners to determine appropriate course placement (written and spoken). Our international student provision includes orientation, pastoral care, a counsellor, a health clinic, and a careers counsellor to support language learning and integration.
A full-time, qualified School Counsellor is available to all students, free of charge, with confidential sessions focused on wellbeing and resilience. On-site Health Clinic provides First Aid and medical support during school hours.
Pinehurst is signatory to the New Zealand Government Code of Practice for the Pastoral Care of International Learners, demonstrating a commitment to safeguarding international students.
Pinehurst School, located in New Zealand, is an independent co-educational school offering the Cambridge Pathway from Year 1 to Year 13. The curriculum runs Cambridge Primary, IGCSE, and Cambridge International AS and A Levels, with Cambridge Fellowship since 2006 and selected as New Zealand's Cambridge Demonstration Centre in 2022. The school opened in 1991 after being founded in 1990, beginning as a not-for-profit community school. A major infrastructure program in the 1990s and the theatre's opening in 2023 reflect ongoing development. The campus comprises two locations with three Primary playgrounds, purpose-built learning zones, and a 253-seat theatre used for drama, music, assemblies and presentations. Sports are central, with two gymnasiums, a TigerTurf field, a six-court turf, and access to Millennium Centre and Northern Arena Swimming Centre, supporting over 150 teams. The Arts, music, drama and dance are integrated across Primary to College, along with the Duke of Edinburgh programme and productions.