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Secondary Schools Pathways for future education, training and employment

Published: 25 Jun 2013

This report follows on from ERO’s 2012 report on careers education, Careers Information, Advice, Guidance and Education (CIAGE) in Secondary Schools. This second report investigates how well 74 secondary schools have prepared their students for future opportunities in education, training and employment.

Audience:: Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Career education; Careers Information Advice Guidance and Education (CIAGE); Youth Guarantee Programme; Service Academies; Secondary-Tertiary Programmes (Trades Academies)

Science in New Zealand schools and early childhood services - series summary

Published: 12 Apr 2021

Science is important – we rely on science and scientific thinking in almost every endeavour in our modern society. High quality science education at school is essential for learners who want a career in science, but it is also important for all learners to help them understand the scientific issues that whānau, communities, and nations face. Issues such as climate change, healthy living, and innovation all depend on science.

Audience:: Early learning; Education; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Science; Early learning; Early childhood services; Integrated schools; State schools

Careers Information, Advice, Guidance and Education (CIAGE) in Secondary Schools

Published: 01 Aug 2012

This is ERO’s first national report on CIAGE since The Quality of Career Education and Guidance in Schools in 2006. In this evaluation ERO examined the approach of 44 secondary schools to CIAGE.

Audience:: Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Career education; Careers Information Advice Guidance and Education (CIAGE); Youth Guarantee Programme; National Administrative Guidelines (NAGs)

Learning in a Covid-19 World: How schools have stepped up to support students and whānau

Published: 10 Dec 2020

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has caused significant disruption for students across New Zealand, due to lockdowns, social distancing and ongoing uncertainty. The Education Review Office interviewed 750 schools and surveyed over 2500 principals and teachers across the country, from May through to September 2020, to understand how they have responded. This summary highlights how schools have supported students and their whānau in the face of Covid-19.

Audience:: Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: COVID-19; Schools; Parents; Whānau; Students

Strategic Intentions 2015 - 2019

Published: 30 Jun 2015

The Education Review Office (ERO)'s Strategic Intentions sets out our objectives and how ERO contributes to the Government's priorities for education.

Audience:: Academics; Early learning; Education; Māori-medium; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Basic page

Topics:: Strategy

Strategic Intentions 2020-2024

Published: 30 Jun 2020

The Education Review Office (ERO)'s Strategic Intentions 2020-2024 sets out our objectives and how ERO contributes to the Government's priorities for education.

Audience:: Academics; Early learning; Education; Māori-medium; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Basic page

Topics:: Strategy

A guide to learning in a Covid-19 world - Supporting parents into 2021

Published: 19 Jan 2021

This short guide is for parents of children in early childhood education, and of school-aged children. It covers that we learnt from talking to schools and early childhood education services in 2020 about the impact of Covid-19. It also sets out some recommendations for how parents can continue to support their child’s learning this year.

Audience:: Early learning; Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: COVID-19; Parents; Guides for parents

Science in the Early Years: Early Childhood and Years 1-4

Published: 12 Apr 2021

This report looks at how well science is led in services and schools, how well science is woven through the curriculum, and how well kaiako/ teachers include science in a responsive curriculum. Each section of this report provides leaders, kaiako, and teachers with reflective questions to consider, which could support improvements. We also identify opportunities for improvement at both the individual service / school level, and for the system.

Audience:: Early learning; Education

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Science; Early learning; Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre

Annual Report 2019-2020

Published: 11 Dec 2020

ERO publishes an annual report each year.

Our annual report sets out the operating context, our strategic direction, what we aimed to achieve over the previous 12 months, and what we did achieve.

It also outlines our role and the scope of our functions, reports on organisational health and capability, and includes our financial statements and service performance.

Audience:: Academics; Early learning; Education; Māori-medium; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Basic page

Topics:: Strategy; Achievement; Audit

Strategic Intentions 2016 – 2020

Published: 30 Jun 2016

The Education Review Office (ERO)'s Strategic Intentions sets out our objectives and how ERO contributes to the Government's priorities for education.

Audience:: Academics; Early learning; Education; Māori-medium; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Basic page

Topics:: Strategy

ERO welcomes Budget 2022 announcements supporting revitalisation of te reo Māori

Published: 23 May 2022

The Education Review Office | Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga (ERO) welcomes the announcement of targeted investment aimed at supporting the revitalisation of te reo Māori.

Audience:: Education; Māori-medium; Parents; Schools

Content type:: News article

Topics:: New Zealand Curriculum; Māori; Parents; Schools

Pacific Strategy 2019-2022

Published: 21 Mar 2019

Our Pacific strategy outlines our role in supporting the improvement of educational outcomes for Pacific learners in Aotearoa. This strategy also describes how we can support the strengthening of our Pacific regional neighbours’ education systems.

Audience:: Academics; Early learning; Education; Māori-medium; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Basic page

Topics:: Pacific; Pacific Strategy; Strategy

Te Kura Huanui: The treasures of successful pathways

Published: 08 Jul 2021

Te Kura Huanui: The treasures of successful pathways and supporting documentaries explore the Māori-medium education pathway, through a rich collection of interviews and research conducted in partnership with early founders, whānau, leaders, graduates, kaiako, kaimahi and kaumatua.

Audience:: Māori-medium

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Best practice; Community; Diversity; Equitable outcomes; Immersion; Inclusion; Identity; Kōhanga Reo; Kauapapa Māori; Kura; Knowledge building; Māori-medium; Mātauranga Māori; Māori student achievement; Māori parents and whanau; Māori learners; Māori immersion; Māori Education Evaluation; Manaakitanga; Māori; Literacy and numeracy; Methodology; Te Kōhanga Reo; Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust; Te reo Māori; Te Rūnanga Nui o ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori o Aotearoa; Teachers | Kaiako; Teaching; Tikanga Māori; Te ao Māori; Wellbeing; Whānau; Whanaungatanga; Children's success

Tuia te here tangata: Making meaningful connections

Published: 03 Mar 2016

In Term 3, 2014, ERO undertook a cluster review of five Puna Whakatupu as part of scheduled education reviews. During the course of these reviews, we identified a range of good practice that was investigated further and has become Tuia te here tangata: Making meaningful connections.

Audience:: Early learning; Education; Māori-medium

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Māori-medium; Early learning; Te Puna Whakatupu

From education to employment

Published: 01 Mar 2013

From Education to Employment is about how you and the school can help prepare your child for life beyond school. It will be useful for parents, families, trustees and students at secondary school.

ERO guides for parents have been written for everyone who parents a child - those who have care and responsibility for children attending a school. The booklets include questions you can ask, as well as general information that you may find useful. Click on the booklet to read and download.

Audience:: Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Career education; Community; Youth Guarantee Programme; Guides for parents

How is my child doing?

Published: 30 Apr 2013

How is my child doing? suggests questions parents can ask teachers in primary and secondary schools about their child's learning and wellbeing at school, and what to expect. It also looks at what makes a successful school.

Audience:: Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Early learning; School policies and procedures; Families; School culture; Guides for parents

Vocational pathways: authentic and relevant learning

Published: 30 May 2016

ERO evaluated how well 35 secondary schools were using Vocational Pathways. While most schools knew about and were using the pathways, they were not fully realising the initiative’s potential. Vocational Pathways can be a valued part of a school’s curriculum for all students when used as more than just an add-on to careers education or course selection processes.

Audience:: Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Career education; Youth Guarantee Programme; Ongoing education; Social and emotional competence

Careers education and guidance: Good practice

Published: 07 May 2015

The report focuses on good practice and showcases 10 secondary schools with high quality careers education. It identifies factors that contribute to high quality careers education and guidance in New Zealand secondary schools.

Audience:: Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Career education; Careers Information Advice Guidance and Education (CIAGE); National Administrative Guidelines (NAGs); Youth Guarantee Programme; Secondary-Tertiary Programmes (Trades Academies); Service Academies

Partners in Learning

Published: 25 Aug 2016

Strong connections between schools and parents and whānau are essential to accelerating the achievement of our kids, particularly those at risk of underachieving. This booklet helps parents, families and whānau to form effective relationships and educationally powerful connections.

Audience:: Parents

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Aiga; Parents; Whānau; Progress; Guides for parents

Te Kura Huanui : Ko ngā kura o ngā ara angitu

Published: 08 Jul 2021

I roto i Te Kura Huanui: Ko ngā kura o ngā ara angitu, ko ngā uiui me ngā whānau Māori, kaiārahi, kaiako, kaimahi, kaumātua hoki e tūhura ana i te ngākau titikaha o ngā hapori ki te whakarauora, ki te whakapakari hoki i te reo Māori me ngā tikanga Māori mō ā rātou mokopuna, tamariki, uri whakatupu anō hoki.

Audience:: Māori-medium

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Best practice; Community; Diversity; Equitable outcomes; Immersion; Inclusion; Identity; Kōhanga Reo; Kauapapa Māori; Kura; Knowledge building; Māori-medium; Mātauranga Māori; Māori student achievement; Māori parents and whanau; Māori learners; Māori immersion; Māori Education Evaluation; Manaakitanga; Māori; Literacy and numeracy; Methodology; Te Kōhanga Reo; Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust; Te reo Māori; Te Rūnanga Nui o ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori o Aotearoa; Teachers | Kaiako; Teaching; Tikanga Māori; Te ao Māori; Wellbeing; Whānau; Whanaungatanga; Children's success