The Board of Trustees is a crown entity and is accountable for the performance of the school to parents, the school community and the crown and in particular, the board is accountable for the on-going improvement of student achievement.

The Board is responsible for designing the future of the school ensuring plans and targets are developed, monitored and reviewed.  The Board ensures decisions are made in the best interests of all students with respect and integrity and ensures culturally appropriate processes are in place.

The Board of Trustees is the employer of all staff at the school and must ensure that all requirements of a good employer are met.

The Board consults with the community as a critical part of developing and monitoring the school charter, and for the Board to be assured that community expectations and aspirations are considered in the decision making process.

The Board communicates with the school community through regular updates on how the school is performing in relation to the charter goals and targets and ensures that effective regular reporting on student achievement occurs.

The Pukeoware School Board of Trustees consists of five parent trustees together with the Principal and one Staff Trustee.

Board meetings are typically held on the first Monday of every month at 7:00pm in Taihiki:

Actual dates for these meetings, and any changes to them, are published in our school newsletters.  Members of the school community are encouraged to take an active interest in the school and its performance, and are welcome to attend all Board meetings.  Prior notification to the Chair would be appreciated however.

The members of the Board of Trustees for the 2023-2026 triennial term are:

Need to contact the Board of Trustees?

Please contact Nicole Ridley (Chairperson) at nicoleridley@pukeoware.school.nz 

The Strategic and Annual plans are new planning and reporting frameworks in 2023. How the Strategic and Annual plans are developed are through: 

Te Whakangaarahu Ngaatahi | Planning Together:

• focus schools and kura on continuously improving their planning and reporting practices to deliver equitable and excellent outcomes for all learners

• support learners, whaanau and communities to be involved in the planning process for their school or kura

• give schools and kura flexibility to reflect their local contexts in their planning and reporting

• support whaanau and communities to hold their schools or kura accountable for learner outcomes.

Te Whakangaarahu Ngaatahi | Planning Together requires your board to develop:

• a 3-year strategic plan developed in consultation with their school community, that sets out how the board will meet their primary objectives (set out in the Education and Training Act 2020)

• an annual implementation plan that sets annual targets and actions for working towards their strategic goals

• an annual report that reports on the school’s progress and finances.

The first Strategic plan will last 2 years (1 January 2024-31 December 2025), then it will align the strategic planning cycle with board triennial elections.

We have been working with SchoolDocs to create a website for our policies and procedures. We are excited to announce that the site is now live and available to our school community.

The school works on a subscription basis with SchoolDocs to maintain, update, and review our policies. SchoolDocs provides us with a comprehensive core set of policies which have been well researched and follow the Ministry of Education National Administration Guidelines. The policies and procedures are tailored to our school, and the school supplies specific information such as our charter, and procedures for behaviour management, reporting to parents, etc.

SchoolDocs updates, modifies, or creates policies in response to changes in legislation or Ministry guidelines, significant events, reviews/requests from schools, and regular reviewing from the SchoolDocs team. Our board of trustees has the opportunity to view changes/additions and comment on them before they are implemented. We will advise you when policies are up for review and how you can take part in the review.

We invite you to visit the site here. Our username is pukeoware.  Please contact the school office for the password.