Partnership Schools to raise achievement

National’s unrelenting focus is on raising achievement for all our students. Four out of five kids are successfully getting the qualifications they need from school, National’s plan is for five out of five.

Partnership Schools/Kura Hourua – New Zealand’s model of charter schools – are part of this plan. They will help lift educational achievement in low decile areas and disadvantaged communities that have been underserved by the education system.

“Partnership” captures the concept of our model. The schools will be a partnership between the Crown and the school’s sponsor, and between the sponsor and the community.

The sponsor will be the governing body and be accountable through a contract to deliver specific targets negotiated with the Crown.

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