Independent Schools of New Zealand
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Independent Schools of New Zealand is a group of 44 innovative and successful independent schools, educating over 25,000 young students each year. These schools range from pre-school to year 13 and provide either co-educational learning environments or provide for boys and girls separately. Some are newly established and some have now celebrated over 150 years of developing fine young New Zealanders.
ISNZ (formerly the Independent Schools Council) is the umbrella organisation for the 44 Independent Schools of New Zealand profiled on this website. In 1991 the Heads of Independent Schools (AHIS) joined the Trustees or Governors of Independent Schools (ISA) to provide a more coherent structure to pursue the best interests of independent schooling in New Zealand. They were joined by a representative from the Bursars Association (ASBA) in 1994. All three organisations have been in existence in New Zealand for many decades under various names.
The Executive of ISNZ:
- is elected annually by Boards, Principals, and Bursars of member schools
- provides a forum for discussion and joint action by ISNZ member schools
- is committed to choice for parents in the education of their children
- believes that independent schooling provides a proven alternative
- represents 43 independent schools educating over 80% of the 25,000 students in the independent sector
- was first established in 1992 as the Independent Schools Council (ISC)