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OneSchool Global – New Zealandhttps://www.oneschoolglobal.com/ |
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| # of unique students – 1,498 Type of provider – School, private Primary distance modality – Combination of Synchronous & Asynchronous |
OneSchool Global – New Zealand declined to participate fully in this year’s study but provided information on class sizes. The profile was created primarily using publicly available material.
Background
OneSchool Global – New Zealand (OneSchool Global) is a co-educational, private composite school based in Auckland. 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, 2020, p. 38). The school is a part of a network of schools that include more than 120 campuses in 20 countries. OneSchool Global was established by the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church.
The school began in New Zealand in 2003 as a brick-and-mortar school called Westmount School with 11 campuses. In fact, OneSchool Global still has 17 campuses across New Zealand, and OneSchool Global New Zealand also works closely with three campuses in Argentina. At some point during the past twenty years OneSchool Global transitioned to include an online delivery option for students.
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
As OneSchool Global declined to participate, any additional regulations based on their board or larger organisational affiliation were not available.
Resourcing
As OneSchool Global declined to participate, there was no information available with respect to resourcing (e.g., their website does not provide a tuition rate).
However, the government does provide grants to private schools through the private school subsidy funding pool (Ministry of Education, 2024a), which is distributed at a set rate per student. According to Education Circular 2024/01: Private School Subsidy Funding 2025 the rates for 2025 were (Ministry of Education, 2024b):
| Year Level | 2025 Funding Rate GST Exclusive | 2025 Funding Rate GST Inclusive |
| Year 1-6 | $848.57 | $975.86 |
| Year 7-8 | $929.23 | $1068.61 |
| Year 9-10 | $1189.22 | $1367.60 |
| Year 11-15 | $1806.12 | $2077.04 |
It is unknown the total amount of Government funding OneSchool Global received.
Programming
OneSchool Global uses a self-directed learning approach beginning around year 3. This approach is operationalised by having the students set goals for learning in diaries, which they can reflect on with their teachers on how and whether they have achieved those goals. The actual learning is supported through a mixture of online and face-to-face methods of curriculum delivery. The online portions include both synchronous online classes and a comprehensive collection of asynchronous course content housed in a learning management system.
Even though OneSchool Global New Zealand is based in New Zealand, the instructional materials and the direct instruction could come from anywhere in their network – as the network is designed to operate as a single multi-national school.
As OneSchool Global declined to participate, there was no additional information available with respect to the nature of their programming.
Activity 2025
According to the Education Counts website, the school enrolment is described as so.
| Level | Total |
| Year 01 | 0 |
| Year 02 | 8 |
| Year 03 | 143 |
| Year 04 | 145 |
| Year 05 | 147 |
| Year 06 | 128 |
| Year 07 | 149 |
| Year 08 | 107 |
| Year 09 | 149 |
| Year 10 | 128 |
| Year 11 | 117 |
| Year 12 | 130 |
| Year 13+ | 147 |
| Total | 1,498 |
There were only 2 students of Māori descent enrolled. OneSchool Global’s submission of class size data indicated the following.
| Course | Number of Students |
| Year 9 Commerce | 149 |
| Year 9 English | 149 |
| Year 9 French | 142 |
| Year 9 Mathematics | 148 |
| Year 9 Science | 147 |
| Year 9 Social Studies | 148 |
| Year 9 Technology | 148 |
| Year 10 Commerce | 130 |
| Year 10 English | 129 |
| Year 10 French | 116 |
| Year 10 Mathematics | 126 |
| Year 10 Science | 129 |
| Year 10 Social Studies | 129 |
| Year 10 Technology | 129 |
| Year 11 Advanced Math | 19 |
| Year 11 Commerce | 104 |
| Year 11 DVC | 26 |
| Year 11 English | 102 |
| Year 11 English Extension | 14 |
| Year 11 Food Technology | 16 |
| Year 11 Foundational Mathematics | 13 |
| Year 11 French | 3 |
| Year 11 Geography | 33 |
| Year 11 History | 60 |
| Year 11 Horticultural Science | 21 |
| Year 11 Mathematics | 77 |
| Year 11 Mathematics Extension | 11 |
| Year 11 Physical Education | 50 |
| Year 11 Resistant Materials Technology | 33 |
| Year 11 Science | 114 |
| Year 12 Accounting | 39 |
| Year 12 Business Studies | 74 |
| Year 12 Chemistry | 5 |
| Year 12 DVC | 17 |
| Year 12 Economics | 9 |
| Year 12 English | 114 |
| Year 12 English Extension | 13 |
| Year 12 Food Technology | 19 |
| Year 12 Foundational Mathematics | 19 |
| Year 12 Gateway | 17 |
| Year 12 Geography | 40 |
| Year 12 History | 32 |
| Year 12 Horticultural Science | 29 |
| Year 12 Mathematics | 97 |
| Year 12 Mathematics Extension | 12 |
| Year 12 Physical Education | 66 |
| Year 12 Physics | 4 |
| Year 12 Resistant Materials Technology | 14 |
| Year 12 Science | 15 |
| Year 13 Accounting | 20 |
| Year 13 Accounting Scholarship | 14 |
| Year 13 Business Studies | 72 |
| Year 13 Calculus | 9 |
| Year 13 Chemistry | 1 |
| Year 13 DVC | 17 |
| Year 13 Economics | 9 |
| Year 13 English | 128 |
| Year 13 English Scholarship | 4 |
| Year 13 Food Technology | 24 |
| Year 13 Foundational English | 14 |
| Year 13 Foundational Mathematics | 35 |
| Year 13 Gateway | 20 |
| Year 13 Geography | 39 |
| Year 13 History | 43 |
| Year 13 Horticultural Science | 43 |
| Year 13 Mathematics | 53 |
| Year 13 Physical Education | 78 |
| Year 13 Physics | 3 |
| Year 13 Resistant Materials Technology | 18 |
| Year 13 Science | 32 |
| Year 13 Statistics | 49 |
As OneSchool Global declined to participate fully, and the school does operate 18 campuses, it is impossible to determine how many of these students were involved and/or enrolled in actual online programming.
Historical Data
References
Government of New Zealand. (2020). 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). Education circular 2024/01: Private school subsidy funding 2025. Government of New Zealand. https://www.education.govt.nz/our-work/publications/education-circulars/education-circular-202401