Henderson Intermediate - special programmes

The Ministry of Education has been working with Henderson Intermediate to establish a minor amendment to their current enrolment scheme to include their Māori and Samoan Language Bilingual Units as a special programme.

Overview

There are no changes currently being proposed to the home zone boundaries.

A special programme is defined in Section 10 of the Education and Training Act 2020 as one that has been approved by the Secretary and that provides:

1. Any class or unit established by the school for which students are accepted on the basis of special educational needs arising from learning and behaviour difficulties, sensory, intellectual, communication or physical disabilities, or any combination of these.
2. Māori language programmes resourced by the Ministry at Level 1, 2, or 3.
3. Any class that delivers a Pacific language immersion programme and/or offers a bilingual education programme where at least one Pacific language makes up 30% of the language of instruction (Cook Island Māori, Samoan, Tongan, Niuean, Fijian, Tokelauan or Tuvaluan).
4. Any class providing a programme of study to students who have a letter from Auckland University of Technology Mangere Refugee Education Centre identifying them as being part of the Government's official refugee programme or from the New Zealand Immigration Services establishing the student's refugee status.
5. Any teen parent unit approved by the Minister of Education and resourced by the Ministry of Education.
6. Any alternative education programme operated under a contract with the Ministry of Education, where students in the programme are required to enrol at the school that has the contract with the Ministry.

The amended enrolment scheme to update the special programmes is proposed to commence from 1 January 2025.

Henderson Intermediate enrolment scheme description

What happens next

Following the notification period, the Ministry will consider any comments received and process this minor amendment to ensure it meets the requirements of the Education and Training Act 2020.

If the Ministry is satisfied that the enrolment scheme meets these requirements, the special programmes and amended enrolment scheme will be finalised and provided to the school board to implement.

Comments can be sent to [email protected] by 18 October 2024.