ESOL Programme

At Ellesmere College we offer ESOL classes for all of our International Students. We provide a full-time ESOL Teacher who will guide the students through the programme.

In ESOL you can expect:

A minimum of 4 hours per week in ESOL tuition
One on One support as required
Full time students are enrolled in the Education Perfect Programme

NCEA & subjects

At Ellesmere College, we offer the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) at Level 2 and 3. NCEA is the main qualification for secondary school students in New Zealand.

NCEA Level 1 - We do not offer NCEA Level 1 as a qualification in Year 11. Our focus is on students obtaining credits in Literacy and Numeracy.

NCEA Level 2 - Students are required to select 6 subjects.

NCEA Level 3 - Students are required to select 6 subjects.

NCEA Course Information

Senior Curriculum

student voice

“I have really enjoyed my time at ellesmere college. My favourite thing is the friends that i have made, and i also really enjoyed my subject choices.”

エルズミア大学での時間は本当に楽しかったです。私の一番のお気に入りは、私が作った友達です。また、科目の選択も本当に楽しかったです。

— Kaito Yokoyama

“my favourite part about being at ellesmere college has been the esol classes, i have really enjoyed learning to speak the english.”

エルズミア カレッジでの私のお気に入りの部分は、esol のクラスです。英語を話すことを学ぶのは本当に楽しかったです

— Nonoka Iwasaki

direct pathway to lincoln university

Ellesmere College – Te Kāreti o Waihora has a long and positive relationship with Lincoln University – Te Whare Wānaka o Aoraki. This was relationship was further strengthened, when the University and College entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to work collaboratively to map out pathways for international students from secondary to tertiary. Over the course of 12 months, the College and University worked together to align pathways to ensure that international students could access pathways seamlessly. As part of the ongoing relationship, the College and University will co-market internationally. It is believed that this is the first relationship of this kind in New Zealand between a high school and university.

The University of Canterbury is also in close proximity to Leeston.