2024 Tuition costs for international students:
Tuition per year $16,000 (4 Terms)
Tuition per term $4,250
Short term tuition per week $450
Administration fee per term $300
Homestay placement $350.00
Homestay living $350 per week/ $50 per night
Designated Caregiver fee (if applicable instead of homestay) $400 per year.
Insurance approx. $630 per year
Government Levy: $110 per term

The school arranges quality homestay families for our international students.  We police vet all our homestay families as well as carry out six monthly homestay visits to ensure living standards and all our obligations are met under the Code of Practice. We try and match students to homestay families as closely as possible as this ensures a sucessful homestay experience. 

Specialised Academic mentoring and Careers guidance for International Students. Matched 'Kiwi buddies' (in addition to the homestay family) offer support and friendship to our international students at school to help them integrate and make friends.

A full range of ESOL classes is available catering for the beginner right through to preparation for University. Students are tested for English comprehension on arrival  if required and placed accordingly. Every student has a monitored course. We have an excellent and flexible ESOL programme (English language support).

Outdoor Ed programmes are designed by request, and extra training for many elite sports can be arranged.  The same goes for music or other performing arts tuition. Camp, Senior Ball, school trips are also available as well as activities local to Waitakere College as well as the surf beaches on the West Coast. Further afield are: Stardome, Rangitoto boat trip and walk; Jet Boats, Treeadventures, Ziplining, Sky Tower Jump or Harbour Bridge Bungy Jump, Auckland Museum, Kelly Tarltons and Goat Island marine attractions, Sheepworld, Zoo, etc., depending on the type of activity that is of interest. Student feedback

Numerous indoor and outdoor, team and individual sports available at both competitive and social grades. After school clubs, cultural and musical groups thrive. A free homework centre runs after school three days a week, for students needing extra support from subject teachers.

Students complete the application form, either online via our website. This includes providing school reports, medical information and a letter of introduction written by the student in English explaining their goals and interests. On a few occasions, we will also do a online interview before enrolment.

Railway station to catch the train
Five minutes walk from school to the railway station to catch the train into the city. Fifteen minutes walk to a large and well resourced shopping mall and West Wave Aquatic Centre, and the Athletics park and Art Gallery. Fifteen to twenty minute car ride to the beautiful Waitakere rainforest and West Coast surf beaches.

NCEA (National Certificate in Educational Achievement, i.e. NZ Curriculum). Students are assessed at regular intervals throughout the year and Level 1, 2, 3 credits accumulated at Achieved, Merit or Excellence standard. See this link for how! Please explore these links: Prospectus and Website.