ACG Education

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ACG Schools
FormerlyACG Education [1]
TypePrivate
ACG
Industry Education
Founded14 November 1994;28 years ago (1994-11-14) in Auckland, New Zealand [1]
FoundersSir John Graham [2]
Dawn Jones [2]
HeadquartersUnit 117, 23 Edwin Street, Mt Eden,
Auckland
,
New Zealand [1]
Area served
Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, and Vietnam
Key people
Mike McFadden (CEO) [3]
BrandsACG
OwnerInspired Education Group
Website ACG Website

ACG Schools (formerly known as ACG Education) is a New Zealand-based private education company that operates schools and preschools in New Zealand and Asia. [4] Incorporated as a New Zealand Limited Liability Company in 1994 it established its first school in 1994; and now ACG Schools delivers education to over 4,700 students in three countries through its 10 campuses located in 4 cities. [5] It is New Zealand's largest independent private schools group. It was acquired by Inspired Education Group in 2019 for an undisclosed sum.

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History

Sir John Graham and Dawn Jones established Senior College of New Zealand, New Zealand's first school for senior students, in 1995. This was the founding school of the ACG group, which now comprises independent schools and vocational colleges around New Zealand. In February 2013, Waterman Capital took a 24% shareholding in ACG, and executive director of Waterman Capital Matt Riley joined the Board. [6] Waterman was among the shareholders who agreed to sell ACG to Pacific Equity Partners. [7] In May 2015, the National Business Review released a statement that ACG had appointed UBS and Macquarie to run the sale process. [8] On 17 September 2015, Pacific Equity Partners announced they had agreed to acquire ACG for an undisclosed sum. [9] In April 2017, ACG Education announced their purchase of English language school, The Campbell Institute. [10] On 1 July 2017 ACG Education purchased Intueri Education Group's seven New Zealand vocational colleges. [5]

Schools

New Zealand Independent Schools

ACG has four independent schools in New Zealand. Three are in Auckland—ACG Parnell College, [11] [12] ACG Strathallan, [13] [14] and ACG Sunderland [15] [16] [17] and one, ACG Tauranga, is in Tauranga. The schools are secular and co-ed and teach Cambridge International Examinations. ACG Parnell College also offers the International Baccalaureate.

ACG also has one preschool centre in Queenstown, Zig Zag Zoo.

In 2018 ACG Senior College was closed and set to merge with ACG Parnell College. In 2019 ACG Parnell College opened its Senior Campus for year 12 and 13 students enrolled in the college.

ACG Strathallan ACG Strathallan aerial shot.jpg
ACG Strathallan

International Schools

Awards

AwardAwarded byYearNotes
LTM Star High SchoolThe Language Travel Magazine Awards2011 [18]
Exporter of the Year Award – Consultants and Services CategoryAir NZ Cargo Awards2011 [19]
ST Star High SchoolStudy Travel Star Awards2011 [20]

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