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ATEA Collegehttps://www.ateacollege.com/ |
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| # of unique students – Up to 16 Type of provider – School, private Primary distance modality – Independent Study |
ATEA College failed to respond to repeated requests to participate in this year’s study. The profile below was created using publicly available material.
Background
ATEA College is a co-educational, private composite school based in Auckland. The brick-and-mortar school, which was established in 2003, is a Cambridge International School that offers Cambridge Primary, Lower Secondary (pre-IGCSE), IGCSE or A Level programmes. The Education and Training Act, 2020 defines a composite school as “a school that offers education to students in any of years 1 to 8 and in any of years 9 to 13” (Government of New Zealand, 2024ap. 38). ATEA College offers students both an in person or face-to-face option and a distance learning option. The school’s website does not indicate when ATEA Online was established.
Governance
According to the Education and Training Act 2020, a private school is defined as a school registered under section 214, which reads:
214 Registration of private schools
(1) This section applies if the managers of an existing school or proposed school wish the school to be registered as a private school under this section.
(2) The managers must apply to the Secretary, on a form provided by the Secretary for the purpose, for its provisional registration as a primary, secondary, or special private school, or as a school of 2 or all of those descriptions.
(3) The provisional and full registration of private schools, and the operation of private schools, must be done in accordance with Schedule 7. (p. 164)
Schedule 7 of the act provides approximately 10 pages of legislative regulation around the following areas.
- Provisional and full registration of private schools
- Criteria for registration as private school
- Suitable premises
- Additional and substituted premises to be approved
- Tuition standards
- Managers to be fit and proper persons
- Manager must have regard to statement of national education and learning priorities
- Managers must advise Secretary of school ceasing operation
- Review of private schools
- Secretary’s actions in relation to private schools
- Duration of suspension
- Process for cancellation of registration
- Grants for private schools
- Record-keeping in relation to grants to private schools
- Providing accounts to Secretary
- Suspensions and expulsions from private schools
Resourcing
As a private school, ATEA College is primarily resourced through individual tuition paid by the students and their families. The school’s website lists the following fees.
Primary School: Years 1-8
Fee per year – $9,048. Fee per term – $2,262
Junior College: Years 9-10
Fee per year – $11,128. Fee per term – $2,782
Senior College: Years 11-15
Fee per year – $13,312. Fee per term – $3,328
Registration Fee
All applications require a $210.00 registration fee. This fee is not refundable.
Enrolment Fee – Years 1-15
$2,000. This fee is required to confirm acceptance of any place offered. This amount is an additional and separate fee and is not offset against tuition fees. It is not refundable.
Practical Subjects Years 11- 15
$150 per practical subject per term applies to each course in the Sciences, Art, ICT/Computer Science and Languages.
Special Tuition
Group – $33 per hour; Individual – $66 per hour.
Document Fee
$115 per document for nonstandard documents (e.g. graduation certificates) or replacement of documents (e.g., school records or insurance policies).
There was no difference in the tuition for enrolment in their brick-and-mortar school or their ATEA Online programming.
While the government does provide grants to private schools through the private school subsidy funding pool (Ministry of Education, 2024a), based on the data from Official Information Act Request 1321408 ATEA College did not receive funds in 2023 from this subsidy (Ministry of Education, 2024b).
Programming
ATEA College markets their online option to homeschool families interested in a Christian education. The school’s website indicates that “all students have their own individual learning plans which are tailored to their learning needs.” The school also describes their curriculum as focusing on the core subjects of English, mathematics, science, history, and the Bible. ATEA College does advise their secondary students that they “will be required from time to time to attend classes in Auckland for practical subject requirements, and to write key exams at our Cambridge International Exam Centre.”
Activity
According to the Education Counts website, the school enrolment is described as so.
| Level | Total |
|---|---|
| Year 01 | 3 |
| Year 02 | 1 |
| Year 03 | 2 |
| Year 04 | 1 |
| Year 05 | 3 |
| Year 06 | 1 |
| Year 07 | 1 |
| Year 08 | 2 |
| Year 09 | 2 |
| Year 10 | 0 |
| Year 11 | 0 |
| Year 12 | 0 |
| Year 13+ | 0 |
| Total | 16 |
There were no students of Māori descent enrolled.
However, as ATEA College did not respond to our request to participate in this research, it is impossible to determine how many – if any – of these students were enrolled in their ATEA Online programming.
References
Government of New Zealand. (2024a). Education and training act 2020. https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2020/0038/latest/LMS170676.html
Ministry of Education (2024a). Resourcing information for private schools. Government of New Zealand. https://www.education.govt.nz/school/funding-and-financials/resourcing/private-schools-resourcing-information/
Ministry of Education (2024b). Responses to Official Information Act requests. Government of New Zealand. https://www.education.govt.nz/our-work/information-releases/responses-to-official-information-act-requests/