✨ Enrolment Access Criteria
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 93 — 31 AUGUST 2015
Access
Exceptional arts or sports performance
Student is an elite athlete, dancer, musician, sports Government person or an outstanding actor or performer whose funded development programme precludes attendance at a reasonably convenient school.
Enrolment applications require a letter of attestation from the formally constituted and recognised national body for the activity:
(a) attesting that the student’s exceptional attributes mean that they are likely to either represent New Zealand or develop to the top of the field for their age group;
(b) confirming that the programme planned for their development is appropriate and precludes attendance at a reasonably convenient school;
(c) advising the likely duration of enrolment; and
(d) providing an educational profile from the student’s previous school.
Access
Geographic isolation
Student is unable to attend a reasonably convenient Government school because of its distance or inaccessibility from their funded home.
To qualify, the student’s nearest school for their age, gender, and in their preference of English or Māori medium, and school bus route and public transport must be:
(a) more than 3.0 kilometres from their gateway for students in Years 1–8, increasing to 4.8 kilometres for students in Year 9 or above (private road distance does not count); or
(b) located behind a geographic barrier preventing reasonable access to a school, suitable public transport or school bus route.
The Ministry of Education’s School Transport Service Agents are the distance-confirming agencies.
Access
Itinerancy
Student would otherwise need to change schools each Government term because caregivers are itinerant. The minimum funded enrolment period is six months.
Parents/caregivers must provide, at the commencement of enrolment, an itinerary demonstrating that they will change location at least once per term and that each change in location will require a change of school. A written declaration to that effect will also be required.
Children supported in a refuge environment are classified an “itinerant” as their living arrangements are tentative.
Te Kura will review these enrolments six-monthly, and share any information about the status of students with the relevant Ministry of Education local office. For this review, caregivers will provide a written declaration confirming that they continue to meet the requirements of this gateway and an updated itinerary. Te Kura may request additional supporting documentation (eg, from an employer) to confirm itinerancy.
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