Goldfields School (Cromwell)
Konini School (Auckland)
South End School
Cornerstone Christian School
119 Mihaere Drive, Kelvin Grove, Palmerston North
- Content type:
- Institution
Fairfield School (Levin)
Clifton School (Bulls)
Massey Primary School
Murchison Area School
Central Normal School
201 Featherston Street, Palmerston North
- Content type:
- Institution
Te Muka Here Tangata – The strand that binds people
Published: 06 May 2021
This case study explores the impact of the 2020 Covid-19 events on Māori learners in English-medium schools, and the response of leaders, schools and communities in the Bay of Plenty and East Coast regions.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Education
- Māori-medium
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Bicultural curriculum
- Bilingual
- East Coast region
- English-medium
- Cultural diversity
- Māori student achievement
- Māori parents and whanau
- Schools
- School community
- Te reo Māori
- Whānau
- Wellbeing
- Māori immersion
- Māori
- Manaakitanga
- Inclusive practices
- Inclusion
- COVID-19
- Principals' performance
- School leaders
- Teachers | Kaiako
- Whanaungatanga
‘Everything Was New’: Preparing and Supporting New Principals
Published: 13 Jul 2023
More than a third of our principals have less than five years’ experience in the role, and it’s important that they are set up for success. This report looks at pathways and supports for new principals.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre
Ongoing impacts of Covid‑19 on schools and learning - Guide for principals
Published: 22 Jun 2023
This guide draws on findings from ERO’s report Long Covid: Ongoing impacts of Covid-19 on schools and learning, providing what we learned from surveying principals, teachers, and learners in 2023.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre
Including Students with High Needs Primary Schools
Published: 10 Jul 2013
This ERO evaluation reports on primary schools' progress in relation to the Government's Success for All policy. Success for All is about getting all schools to demonstrate inclusive practice for students with special needs.
- Audience:
- Education
- Māori-medium
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- High needs
- Special education
- Inclusion
- Ethical standards
- Stand Children's Services Tu Maia Whanau
- Inclusive practices
- Group Special Education (GSE)
- Resource Teachers: Learning and Behaviour (RTLB)
- Primary
New school principals need more support, particularly new principals in small schools, ERO research shows
Published: 13 Jul 2023
Principals are crucial to the quality of education. A growing number of principals across New Zealand are new to the role. In 2023, more than a third of principals have been in the role for less than five years, an increase from a quarter in 2014. New research from ERO has found that only a quarter of new principals feel prepared when they start.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- News article
- Topics:
- Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre
How ERO Reviews school hostels
Published: 31 Mar 2021
We review school hostels and stand-alone hostels. This page links to the school hostel regulations and explains what happens in an ERO review of a hostel. The Hostel Assurance Statement and Self-audit checklist can be found on this page.
- Audience:
- Education
- Schools
- Content type:
- Basic page
- Topics:
- School hostels
Readiness Reviews for new and merging schools
Published: 14 Apr 2021
State or state-integrated schools/kura that are new, merged, newly state-integrated or changing their status will have a Readiness Review. This page shows how these reviews are conducted.
- Audience:
- Education
- Schools
- Content type:
- Basic page
An Alternative Education? Support for our most disengaged young people
Published: 27 Jun 2023
Each year, Alternative Education provides education to over 2,000 young people who have been disengaged from education and who have high and complex needs. The Education Review Office (ERO), in partnership with the Social Wellbeing Agency (SWA), looked at how well the education system is supporting young people in Alternative Education. This study describes what we found and what is needed to significantly improve education for these young people.
- Audience:
- Academics
- Education
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre
Collaboration in practice: insights into implementation
Published: 02 Apr 2019
This case study report features experiences of three Kāhui Ako and includes the strategies and approaches used to create, build, and strengthen collaboration between schools and early learning services to improve outcomes for learners.
- Audience:
- Early learning
- Education
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Collaboration
- Communities of Learning | Kāhui ako
Bullying Prevention and Response Guide Schools' Awareness and Use
Published: 09 Feb 2015
Children at many schools in New Zealand experience bullying. The Bullying Prevention Advisory Group, set up by the Secretary for Education, has developed a resource called Bullying prevention and response: A guide for schools.
ERO asked 129 schools reviewed during Term 3, 2014 about their use of the guide. Most schools were aware of the resource and more than a third had used it. Schools most commonly used the guide as a tool to review their bullying policies and procedures.
- Audience:
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Bullying