An enhanced focus on quality and improvement in Early Learning Services
Published: 18 May 2021
- Audience:
- Academics
- Early learning
- Education
- Māori-medium
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- News article
Published: 18 May 2021
Published: 22 Jun 2023
Since 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic has caused significant disruption to schools, their staff, learners, and whānau. Three years on from the start of the pandemic, this report has found significant and concerning ongoing impacts on learners’ progress, particularly for learners in poorer communities, and on teachers and principals.
Published: 08 Apr 2021
The Evaluation Indicators for Education Reviews in Kōhanga Reo is a specialist resource to inform the judgements that review officers make about the quality of children’s experiences while they are taking part in a kōhanga reo programme.
Published: 18 Jun 2020
Report Te Tāmata Huaroa reveals widespread enthusiasm to improve the provision of te reo Māori teaching in English medium schools
Published: 18 May 2021
Supporting Māori learners in English medium schools during the Covid-19 events of 2020
Published: 04 Mar 2021
Published: 19 Jun 2020
Learning from home under Covid Level 4 and Level 3.
Published: 06 Apr 2021
This code of conduct is for all Education Review Office staff and reinforces the spirit of service that we demonstrate in the way we carry out our work. It outlines expectations of us as public servants to act with professionalism and integrity and to carry out our official duties honestly, faithfully and efficiently, respecting the rights of the public and our colleagues.
Published: 26 May 2022
Starting school is a major childhood event. It can be an exciting time for children and their families. But it is a big change, and so it can also be an uncertain time. A good start at school sets children up to succeed at school. We looked to see how changing to cohort entry impacts on children, their peers, and whānau, as well as their schools and early childhood education services.
Published: 31 Mar 2021
Our Leadership Team includes the Chief Executive/Chief Review Officer and Deputy Chief Executives.
Published: 19 Jan 2021
To understand what the challenges of Covid-19 were in 2020 and how schools responded, the Education Review Office spoke to schools and surveyed over 2500 principals and teachers across the country. This report presents our findings on how Covid-19 impacted students, teachers and schools, how schools responded and what they learnt, and the challenges schools expect they might face in future alert level changes.
Published: 31 Mar 2021
We review the performance and assess the quality of pre-tertiary education providers in relation to the educational services they provide. Several different types of reviews and evaluations are carried out—from scheduled to system-level national evaluations of education sector performance and policy.
Published: 18 May 2021
Science is important - we rely on scientific thinking in almost every endeavour in our modern society. Covid-19 has shown us how important science is and, with science-related issues such as climate change and vaccines increasingly impacting on society, it is essential that we have high quality science education.
Published: 12 Sep 2023
Poutama Reo is clear and simple to use. However, the tools and resources within our Leaders Guide and Kit have been created to support schools to share the vision of Poutama Reo with their school community and get the most out of this engagement.
Published: 06 Dec 2021
This report looks at the impact of Covid-19 on teachers and principals – including how Covid-19 has impacted enjoyment in work and workload. This report also sets out examples of how schools can prepare for 2022 and what supports will be needed for teachers and principals.
Published: 02 Jun 2022
This document provides a summary of submissions and a decision on the subject matter and scope of the Education Review Office’s 2022 Long-Term Insights Briefing.
Thank you to everyone who took the time to provide a submission. Your input will help build and strengthen our Long-Term Insights Briefing paper.
Published: 18 Jun 2020
This report gives a snapshot of the current provision of te reo Māori teaching and learning in a representative sample of English-medium primary and secondary schools. The education sector is seen as an important lever in the Government’s Maihi Karauna strategy for language revitalisation.
Published: 18 May 2021
Evidence demonstrates that collaboration between schools, focused on improving teaching and learning outcomes, has a positive impact on raising student, school and system performance. Schools who share knowledge and work together are more effective in improving the quality of teaching, learning, and supporting school development. They can also help bolster the education system as a whole.
Published: 13 Sep 2022
Poutama Reo is a framework that provides a progressive pathway for English Medium schools to review and improve their provision of te reo Māori language school wide.
Published: 29 Mar 2023