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McKenzie is a Residential Special School surrounded by farm land 10 km from the city centre and 2 km from Yaldhurst and a similar distance from the suburbs of Russley and Hornby.

Purpose of McKenzie Residential School
The purpose of McKenzie Residential School is to provide special education within a residential setting for students who are in Year levels 3-8 of schooling. The students accepted into McKenzie will have severe behaviour difficulties which mean that their education needs cannot be met in their local community or they live too far away from a Centre of Extra Support.

Placement at McKenzie School is considered the most appropriate way to:

• Provide a programme which delivers the New Zealand Curriculum so that optimum learning occurs for students who have the potential to progress age appropriately.
• Develop the students’ personal and social skills.
• Enable the students’ future inclusion in age appropriate regular education in their local community.