Our Alternative Education school is designed to act as either a short or long term intervention to support students who have been alienated from other forms of education and mainstream schooling. It aims to re-engage students in a meaningful learning programme targeted to their individual needs and supports them to go back to furthering their education / training. Alternative education caters for students between the ages of 13 to 16+.

 

To be eligible for alternative education, the student needs to meet one of the following criteria:

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To enter Alternative Education, students must be:

• at risk of or already disengaged from school, and

• in Years 9 to 11.

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Students can continue in Alternative Education after Year 11 if it fits their needs and Collaborative Action Plan (CAP).

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It is at the discretion of the provider, Te Mahau, students and family | whānau whether a 13-year-old who is not yet Year 9 enters Alternative Education provision.

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