How ERO reviews schools/kura (English-medium)
Published: 31 Mar 2021
This section is for English-medium schools, kura, private schools and homeschoolers working with us during a review.
- Audience:
- Education
- Schools
- Content type:
- Basic page
Published: 31 Mar 2021
This section is for English-medium schools, kura, private schools and homeschoolers working with us during a review.
Published: 21 Sep 2022
Equity and excellence, barrier free access to Māori language, culture and identity for all students is a step closer with today’s launch of Poutama Reo the improvement journey for te reo Māori in English-medium schools. It will also benefit whānau, hapū and Iwi.
Published: 10 Nov 2022
Going to school is crucial for children’s futures and every day of school matters. Yet New Zealand’s attendance is much lower than other countries and is falling.
Published: 17 Apr 2021
People in New Zealand can request government information (official information) and can expect it to be made available unless there is a good reason to withhold it. This page provides instructions on how to make a request to ERO.
Published: 30 Jun 2014
This report documents the findings of ERO’s 2013 evaluation of how well 40 secondary schools analysed and responded to their NCEA data.
Published: 31 Oct 2014
This report documents the findings of ERO's 2013 evaluation of Teen Parent Units. ERO found that most of the Units were operating well.
Published: 25 Jul 2022
Review findings over the last few years have identified a growing concern about the rate of non-compliance with regulatory standards and associated licensing criteria in early childhood services.
Over the last three years, ERO found only a slight improvement in the percentage of services meeting regulatory standards from 74-76% in 2020 to 80% in 2022. Services with non-compliance that pose an unacceptable risk to children rose by 4%, from 8% in 2020 to 12% in 2022.
Published: 31 Mar 2021
This section explains what reviews we do and how we review your early childhood service. This includes centre-based, home-based and hospital-based education and care services. It explains our different approaches to reviews Akanuku | Assurance Reviews, Akarangi | Quality Evaluations and Education Reviews.
Published: 31 Mar 2021
If your child or children are homeschooled, we may carry out a homeschooling review when requested by the Secretary for Education, or in other particular circumstances. This page details the process we go through for homeschool reviews.
Published: 03 Jun 2022
Education Now provides schools with tools to gather the perspectives of leaders, teachers, students and Whānau
Published: 23 Aug 2024
Language is the foundation for children’s learning and success. Children use oral language to become good thinkers and communicators, and to develop the literacy skills they need to achieve well in school and beyond. This report draws together a range of evidence to look at how well children are developing the oral language skills they need when they start school. We also look at how Early Childhood Education (ECE) can help children to develop these important skills, and recommendations for action.
Published: 13 May 2024
Teachers are the most important influences on student outcomes in schools. New research from the Education Review Office (ERO) has found that new teachers are not set up to succeed, despite the hard work of schools and new teachers themselves.
Published: 07 Dec 2022
Published: 01 Apr 2012
This report, Including Students with Special Needs: school questionnaire responses presents the findings from a questionnaire completed by schools reviewed in the first two terms of 2011. It is based on schools’ own views of how well they include children with special needs.
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: 11 Dec 2015
This national report presents the findings of ERO's recent evaluation of how well early childhood services include children with moderate to severe special needs. This evaluation supports the Government's priority for every child to have the opportunity to participate in early childhood education (ECE).
Published: 21 Mar 2016
Wellbeing for success: a resource for schools has been developed to help schools evaluate and improve student wellbeing. It highlights the importance of schools promoting the wellbeing of all students as well as the need for systems, people and initiatives to respond to wellbeing concerns for students who need additional support.
Published: 06 Apr 2021
Te Pou Mataaho use their specialist kaupapa Māori research and evaluation expertise to support Māori enjoying and achieving education success as Māori.
Published: 29 Feb 2016
In Term 1, 2015, ERO evaluated how well 200 early childhood services managed their responsibilities under the Privacy Act 1993. The evaluation looked at what service leaders knew and understood about their responsibilities around the collection, storage, use, sharing and disposal of information about children.
Published: 30 Jun 2014
This national report presents the findings of how well a sample of primary schools were taking actions to increase the number of students achieving 'at' or 'above' national standards.The findings show that half of the schools in the evaluation had used deliberate actions to support students to accelerate progress and sustain achievement.