Almost half a million kids are now benefitting from their school being part of Communities of Learning | Kāhui Ako, says Education Minister Hekia Parata.
“Another 32 Communities of Learning | Kāhui Ako have now been approved, taking the total to 180 across every region of the country,” says Ms Parata.
“This is great news because it means that just two years into the four-year roll-out of this ground-breaking programme, 1503 schools are involved in Communities of Learning | Kāhui Ako. That’s 60 per cent of all New Zealand schools working together to raise student achievement.
“In addition, we now have 95 early childhood education services involved in Communities of Learning | Kāhui Ako, and, for the first time, three tertiary education providers have joined.
“It is tremendous to see Communities of Learning | Kāhui Ako growing, not just in numbers but in providing a full pathway for students from early childhood through to senior secondary and tertiary education. This is about every child and young person getting a great education, every day.”
Of the Communities of Learning | Kāhui Ako that have already been established, 46 have had their achievement challenges endorsed and more than 50 have appointed principals to the new leadership role. In addition over 460 teachers have been appointed to new teaching roles, but Ms Parata says she is keen to see more.
To help people find Communities of Learning | Kāhui Ako in their area and find out more about them, a new online tool has been launched.
“The new Know Your CoL tool profiles each Community of Learning | Kāhui Ako and has useful information such as achievement data for the specific Communities,” says Ms Parata.
Communities of Learning | Kāhui Ako are funded through the Government’s $359 million Investing in Educational Success initiative which is aimed at lifting student achievement as well as offering new career opportunities for teachers and principals.
The Know Your CoL tool is available on the Ministry of Education’s Education Counts website.
More information about Communities of Learning can be found here.
New Communities of Learning
Education Region
Name of CoL
Number of schools / ECE / Tertiary
Number of students
Tai Tokerau
Hokianga Community of Learning
6 schools
408
Auckland
Farm Cove Community of Learning
3 schools
3,298
Mt Albert Community of Learning
8 schools
1 ECE
7,113
65
Otāhuhu Community of Learning
5 schools
2,210
Papakura Kōtuitui Community of Learning
6 schools
1,624
Tuakau Community of Learning
7 schools
1,362
Waiorea Community of Learning
11 schools
5,804
Waikato
Coromandel Community of Learning
9 schools
1,175
Ngāruawāhia Community of Learning
5 schools
673
Waikato/Bay of Plenty Christian Non-Denominational Community of Learning
11 schools
2 ECE
1 tertiary
2,558
95
Hawkes Bay – Tairāwhiti
Hastings East Community of Learning
5 schools
1,998
Hastings West Community of Learning
9 schools
2,936
Ruahine Community of Learning
9 schools
1 ECE
1,602
63
Te Angi Angi Community of Learning
11 schools
1 ECE
1,279
67
Te Kāhui Ako o Ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ngāti Porou
5 schools
4 ECE
583
57
Taranaki, Whanganui, Manawatu
Central New Plymouth Community of Learning
6 schools
3,784
Lower North Island Christian Schools Community of Learning
6 schools
1,136
Palmerston North City and Rural Schools Community of Learning One
11 schools
4,004
Palmerston North City and Rural Schools Community of Learning Two
11 schools
3,724
South Taranaki – Hawera Community of Learning
13 schools
2,723
South Taranaki – Patea Community of Learning
6 schools
412
Taihape Community of Learning
5 schools
329
Te Hononga Kāhui Kura – Kāhui Ako
7 schools
454
Wellington
Capital City Community of Learning
8 schools
3,335
Wellington East Faith Based Community of Learning
13 schools
3,297
Canterbury
Christchurch Christian Community of Learning
5 schools
1 ECE
2 tertiary
2,561
46
North Timaru Community of Learning
5 schools
7 ECE
1,793
389
Ōtākaro Community of Learning
7 schools
4,239
Riccarton Community of Learning
3 schools
1,507
South Christchurch Community of Learning
7 schools
14 ECE
3,833
862
South Timaru Community of Learning
8 schools
7 ECE
2,327
458
Otago/Southland
Tokomairiro Community of Learning
5 schools
2 ECE
596
73
Totals
233* schools
40 ECE
3 tertiary
73,328*
2,175
*As some schools are joining more than one new CoL, school totals will not add up down the table