I am prepared to spend the ‘big bucks and send my child to one of the more expensive private schools. These schools cost more so they must be better …?
The “you get what you pay for” argument, in many cases is absolutely true! There are some excellent private and public schools in Auckland and they can provide a very good education for your children. In fact, Hebron has an excellent record for placement of students into other high quality schools. We would, however, remind you of the following issues: a) many of these schools, although once overtly Christian, are now known for their academic results and not for their Christian teaching (this is a result of having to cater to an increasingly secular cliental); b) these schools are targets for a very diverse group of students, with all of the associated issues so well publicized in the newspaper; and c) although it is dangerous to compare average results, it has to be said that Hebron’s academic results now exceed almost all of these other private and public schools. So simply stated, why pay the ‘big bucks’?
