Charter school oversight

An independent board and agency will oversee charter schools.

As charter schools will be a distinct type of school within the state-funded education system, different administrative arrangements will be needed to establish, manage, support and monitor them.

There are three main parts in the charter schools | kura hourua model:

• Sponsors who will operate charter schools
• The Charter School Authorisation Board which will make decisions on the approval of sponsors, and the use of interventions when a charter school is not performing well
• The Charter School Agency which is the secretariat to the Authorisation Board and contracts with the schools.

The Ministry of Education will continue to be responsible for the policy and legislation setting the overall framework for the New Zealand education system. The Education Review Office (ERO) will have a role in evaluating charter schools.