Tçnâ koe
 
Thank you for your email regarding Charter Schools | Kura Hourua.
 
If your email requires a response, we’ll be in touch in the next five
working days.
 
The first stage of the current application round has now closed. Stage two
of the application process will be undertaken over the coming months.
 
We expect to be negotiating and signing contracts with charter school
sponsors before the end of the year, for the first schools to open in term
one 2025.
 
Charter Schools| Kura Hourua are one way that the Government is aiming to
improve student achievement. Charter schools provide a new schooling
choice to families, and more flexibility for educators to lift children’s
achievement.
 
Further information on charter schools can be found [1]here on our
website.
 
Ngâ mihi,
 
The Charter Schools Team
He mea târai e mâtou te mâtauranga kia rangatira ai, kia mana taurite ai
ôna huanga 
We shape an education system that delivers equitable and excellent
outcomes 

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Kia ora Cricket

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Ngā mihi

Enquiries National Team | Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga | Ministry of Education | IB
National Office, 1 The Terrace, Wellington

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From: Cricket <[FOI #33345 email]>
Sent: Saturday, 20 December 2025 11:09 pm
To: Charter Schools <[Charter School Agency request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Charter accepted school applications

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Dear Charter School Agency,

I am requesting a list of the 17 successful charter school applications for the charter schools that have been accepted and that have opened or will be opened throughout 2026.

Reference to these have been made on the Charter Schools Agency website https://www.charterschools.govt.nz/chart...

If the full set of applications is unable to be released, a subset of these will also be acceptable.

Yours faithfully,

Cricket

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