EDUCATION REVIEW OFFICE
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Nature and Scope of Functions



Role of the Education Review Office

The role of the Education Review Office (ERO) is to provide assurance to Government of the quality and effectiveness of schools and early childhood services.

Children and young people are central to ERO’s approach. This is reflected in ERO’s whakataukī and is the foundation for ERO’s vision and mission statement:

Scope

Legislative authority and scope of statutory powers

The Education Review Office is a public service department established under the State Sector Act 1988. The Chief Executive of ERO is the Chief Review Officer.

Under Part 28 of the Education Act 1989 it is a function of the Chief Review Officer to administer reviews of general or particular matters about the performance of pre-tertiary education providers in relation to the educational services they provide.

The Chief Review Officer is required to carry out reviews when directed to do so by the Minister Responsible for the Education Review Office. The Chief Review Officer may also initiate reviews.

Review Officers are statutory officers designated under Part 28 of the Education Act. They exercise powers of entry, investigation and reporting.

Scope of operation

A core activity of ERO in schools and early childhood services is the conduct of Accountability Reviews, which includes:

  • Education Reviews - regularly scheduled reviews carried out in schools and early childhood services
  • Special Reviews - carried out where a matter needs to be reviewed and reported outside of regular reviews
  • Private School Reviews - carried out under section 35A and Part 28 of the Education Act 1989
  • Homeschooling Reviews - reviews of programmes for students exempt from enrolment at a registered school, undertaken in the context of section 21 and Part 28 of the Education Act 1989 and at the request of the Ministry of Education
  • Post Review Assistance - provided to early childhood services on request.

At a system level, ERO reports on topical education issues through:

  • national evaluations of education sector performance
  • reports about good practice in schools and early childhood services.

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