Tikipunga Primary School new enrolment scheme

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Enrolment schemes are needed to help manage enrolments across schools. This allows Boards to manage the risk of overcrowding, provides a fair and transparent process for enrolment and ensures we are making the best use of schooling facilities across the area.

School enrolment schemes in New Zealand

How school enrolment schemes work in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Every child and young person in New Zealand has the right to an education. Not all schools need or have an enrolment scheme, but they are a way to help Boards of Trustees manage their school rolls so there are always places for local kids at local schools. When a school has more students than places, it’s at risk of overcrowding. Overcrowding affects the wellbeing and safety of everyone, because the learning environment and facilities can’t cope with the extra demand. Options considered to avoid overcrowding might include making changes to an enrolment scheme or putting one in place, adding new teaching spaces to a school, or building a new school. To ensure a balanced school network, Boards monitor their school rolls, and the Ministry monitors enrolments across all schools, so all students have the opportunities they need to learn and achieve. If a school has an enrolment scheme to manage the risk of overcrowding, it only accepts enrolments for the space it has. A geographic boundary called a home zone is drawn around the school. Home zones are different to zones for school transport services. If you live inside the home zone, you’re guaranteed a place at the school. If you live outside it, you can apply to enrol, but your enrolment depends on out-of-zone places being available. If there are out-of-zone places, applications go into a ballot, run by the Board. The Board advertises the number of places, application deadlines, and ballot dates. So it’s fair and transparent, applications are drawn under supervision and accepted in the order of the Education and Training Act’s six priorities – which includes siblings of current and former students. To maintain a balanced network, a home zone might need to shrink or expand as a community continues to grow and change. This means you might live near two local schools and be zoned for one, or the other, or both – or you once lived inside a zone and are now outside it. Population figures, new housing, transport or roading, and the space available in nearby schools are all considered as zone proposals are developed. If a change is needed, consultation is led by the Ministry of Education to gather the community’s views and explore options. This feedback informs the Ministry’s decisions. When making decisions, the Ministry always looks at what’s best for all local kids, and all local schools. Enrolment schemes ensure a balanced school network, with places and opportunities that strengthen wellbeing and learning – for every child and young person." For more information, visit www.education.govt.nz

Kaupapa whakauru

He mōhiohio mā ngā whānau me te hapori ā-kura

E mahi ana te Poari ki Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga hei whakatū i tā mātou Kaupapa Whakauru.

He rite tonu te aroturuki a Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga i te pikinga taupori, ngā āhua whakauru, me ngā panoni rārangi kura ā muri ake puta noa i Tai Tokerau. Hei wāhanga o tēnei mahi aroturuki, e whakapono ana te Manatū ināianei he mea waiwai tētahi kaupapa whakauru mō tō mātou kura Tikipunga Primary School.

Ko ngā ākonga katoa kua whakaurua kētia, e haere ana ki tō mātou kura kāore e pāngia e te panoni, ā, ka āhei te haere tonu ki te kura ahakoa kei hea e noho ana i tēnei wā.

Mā te kaupapa whakauru hou/panoni e:

whakarite kia whai ara matatika, mārama hoki mātou hei whakahaere i te rārangi ā-kura.
whai i tētahi takiwā kāinga matawhenua. Ko ngā tamariki e noho ana ki roto i te takiwā kāinga matawhenua ka āhei te whakauru ki te kura.

He nui ngā mōhiohio ka kitea mō ngā kaupapa whakauru ki te pae tukutuku a te Tāhuhu, tae atu ki ngā pātai auau mā ngā whānau me te hapori.

Mō ngā kaupapa whakauru – Te Mātauranga ki Aotearoa

Ina whakawhanake ana, panoni ana rānei i tētahi kaupapa whakauru, me mātua akoako te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga ki te Poari o te kura, me te mahi i ngā mahi tika kia mārama ki ngā whakaaro o te hapori pātata.

About the enrolment scheme

Enrolment schemes mean all families will have entitlement to attend a school that is reasonably convenient to them but won’t have the same automatic entitlement to enrol at Tikipunga Primary School.

Note that students already enrolled at a school before a home zone is implemented are entitled to stay at their current school.

It’s important that we hear and understand community perspectives before we establish these new schemes – especially the practical implication and whether the new boundaries accurately reflect the area. Have a look at the maps and overview information available below before you participate in the consultation process.

Map

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This consultation process is about enrolment schemes, which determines the entitlement to enrol. It’s important to note that a student’s eligibility to enrol may be different to their eligibility for school transport assistance. More information about eligibility to school transport is available.

School transport assistance

The proposed enrolment scheme map, written description, and factsheet for Tikipunga Primary School can be found below. Read these before taking part in the consultation.

Factsheet

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Grandparenting explained

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Frequently asked questions

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The Ministry will consider all feedback and liaise with the Board before making a final decision.

WhakapāContact

Email: taitokerau.enrolmentschemes@education.govt.nz