Almost half a million kids in Communities of Learning
EducationAlmost 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
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Education Region |
Name of CoL |
Number of schools / ECE / Tertiary |
Number of students |
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Tai Tokerau |
Hokianga Community of Learning |
6 schools |
408 |
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Auckland |
Farm Cove Community of Learning |
3 schools |
3,298 |
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Mt Albert Community of Learning |
8 schools 1 ECE |
7,113 65 |
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Otāhuhu Community of Learning |
5 schools |
2,210 |
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Papakura Kōtuitui Community of Learning |
6 schools |
1,624 |
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Tuakau Community of Learning |
7 schools |
1,362 |
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Waiorea Community of Learning |
11 schools |
5,804 |
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Waikato |
Coromandel Community of Learning |
9 schools |
1,175 |
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Ngāruawāhia Community of Learning |
5 schools |
673 |
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Waikato/Bay of Plenty Christian Non-Denominational Community of Learning |
11 schools 2 ECE 1 tertiary |
2,558 95
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Hawkes Bay – Tairāwhiti |
Hastings East Community of Learning |
5 schools |
1,998 |
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Hastings West Community of Learning |
9 schools |
2,936 |
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Ruahine Community of Learning |
9 schools 1 ECE |
1,602 63 |
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Te Angi Angi Community of Learning |
11 schools 1 ECE |
1,279 67 |
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Te Kāhui Ako o Ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ngāti Porou |
5 schools 4 ECE |
583 57 |
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Taranaki, Whanganui, Manawatu |
Central New Plymouth Community of Learning |
6 schools |
3,784 |
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Lower North Island Christian Schools Community of Learning |
6 schools |
1,136 |
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Palmerston North City and Rural Schools Community of Learning One |
11 schools |
4,004 |
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Palmerston North City and Rural Schools Community of Learning Two |
11 schools |
3,724 |
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South Taranaki – Hawera Community of Learning |
13 schools |
2,723 |
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South Taranaki – Patea Community of Learning |
6 schools |
412 |
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Taihape Community of Learning |
5 schools |
329 |
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Te Hononga Kāhui Kura – Kāhui Ako |
7 schools |
454 |
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Wellington |
Capital City Community of Learning |
8 schools |
3,335 |
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Wellington East Faith Based Community of Learning |
13 schools |
3,297 |
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Canterbury |
Christchurch Christian Community of Learning |
5 schools 1 ECE 2 tertiary |
2,561 46
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North Timaru Community of Learning |
5 schools 7 ECE |
1,793 389 |
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Ōtākaro Community of Learning |
7 schools |
4,239 |
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Riccarton Community of Learning |
3 schools |
1,507 |
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South Christchurch Community of Learning |
7 schools 14 ECE |
3,833 862 |
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South Timaru Community of Learning |
8 schools 7 ECE |
2,327 458 |
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Otago/Southland |
Tokomairiro Community of Learning |
5 schools 2 ECE |
596 73 |
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Totals |
233* schools 40 ECE 3 tertiary |
73,328* 2,175
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*As some schools are joining more than one new CoL, school totals will not add up down the table