St Cuthbert's College is an independent, Presbyterian-based, day and boarding school for girls, located in Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand. The college is named after Scottish monk St Cuthbert, and currently caters for approximately 1470 students from New Entrants (four-year olds) and Year One to Year Thirteen (five to eighteen-year olds), including 135 boarders from Year 9 to Year 13. St Cuthbert's is regarded as one of the best schools in New Zealand, with Metro magazine placing it first in its controversial ranking of Auckland's top 25 schools in 2006. It has regularly topped the academic ranking table based on Year Eleven (NCEA Level 1/School Certificate) and Year Thirteen (NCEA Level 3/Bursary) examinations and performs strongly in sporting and cultural encounters. The school is affiliated with the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA), the New Zealand Boarding Schools' Association (NZBSA) Independent Schools of New Zealand (ISNZ), and is an overseas member of the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA). The school offers both the International Baccalaureate diplomas and the national NCEA qualification.