# Central Auckland Specialist School

**Type:** Specialist School (State)  
**Gender:** Co-Educational  
**Address:** 766 Sandringham Road, Mt Roskill, Auckland  
**Region:** Auckland — Central (Tāmaki Herenga Manawa)  
**Total roll:** 247  
**Equity Index (EQI):** 464  
**Founded:** 2018  
**Website:** <http://www.cass.school.nz>  

> ⚠️ **Active MoE intervention** — a limited statutory manager has been appointed. Source: <https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2019-go1888>

## Latest ERO review (2024-04-09)

**Author:** Shelley Booysen, ERO  
**Composite score:** 82/100  
**Source:** <https://www.ero.govt.nz/institution/840/central-auckland-specialist-school#report-30306>

### Key findings
- Highly effective and well-established leadership which establishes a strategic direction and schoolwide systems and processes that effectively lead a culture for school improvement.
- A positive and purposeful school culture that celebrates students' cultures and promotes wellbeing and sense of belonging.
- An adaptive school curriculum that is innovative, creative and strengthened as it responds to individual students and supports highly personalised learning pathways.
- Strong, positive and trusting relationships underpin partnerships within the school and between whānau, host schools and the wider community.
- A schoolwide commitment for all staff to collaboratively develop best pedagogical practices to ensure the progress, achievement and learning outcomes for all students.

### Verbatim quotes from ERO
> _"Highly effective and well-established leadership which establishes a strategic direction and schoolwide systems and processes that effectively lead a culture for school improvement."_ — ERO, 2024-04-09 (leadership)

> _"An adaptive school curriculum that is innovative, creative and strengthened as it responds to individual students and supports highly personalised learning pathways."_ — ERO, 2024-04-09 (curriculum)

> _"A positive and purposeful school culture that celebrates students' cultures and promotes wellbeing and sense of belonging."_ — ERO, 2024-04-09 (wellbeing)

## Audited financials (year ended 2024)

- **Total revenue:** $13.19M
- **Surplus/(deficit):** +$425,227
- **Net assets/equity:** $5.78M
- **Audit opinion:** unmodified
- **Source:** <https://www.cass.school.nz/wp-content/uploads/CASS-2024-Audited-Financial-Statements.pdf>

## Tags

`state_school` · `coeducational` · `special_school`

## Machine-readable siblings

- JSON: <https://schoolsnearme.co.nz/api/school/central-auckland-specialist-school/facts.json>
- ERO history (markdown): <https://schoolsnearme.co.nz/api/school/central-auckland-specialist-school/ero-history.md>

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