# Tararua College

**Type:** Secondary (Year 9-15) (State)  
**Gender:** Co-Educational  
**Address:** Churchill Street, Pahiatua  
**Region:** Wellington  
**Total roll:** 374  
**Equity Index (EQI):** 510  
**Founded:** 1960  
**Website:** <http://www.tararuacollege.school.nz/>  

## Latest ERO review (2023-02-15)

**Author:** Kathy Lye, Southern Region | Te Tai Tini  
**Source:** <https://www.ero.govt.nz/institution/235/tararua-college#report-26790>

### Key findings
- School has developed a flexible and responsive junior curriculum model designed to meet learner needs through student-centred planning
- Shared understanding of literacy and numeracy skills needed for student success obtained through 2022 Literacy and Numeracy pilots
- Established partnerships with learning providers, contributing schools, parents, whanau and the local community
- Focus on improving Year 9 and 10 literacy and numeracy outcomes through identification of effective teaching strategies
- Need to develop evaluation tools and systems to provide teachers, learners and parents with progress and achievement information

### Verbatim quotes from ERO
> _"a recently developed model of flexibility and responsiveness within the Junior curriculum designed to meet the needs of learners through student centred planning"_ — ERO, 2023-02-15 (curriculum)

> _"a shared understanding of the literacy and numeracy skills students need for success obtained by involvement in the 2022 Literacy and Numeracy pilots"_ — ERO, 2023-02-15 (curriculum)

> _"continuing to build on mātauranga Māori cultural capabilities of staff and students through focused professional learning and development (PLD)"_ — ERO, 2023-02-15 (equity)

## Audited financials (year ended 2021)

- **Total revenue:** $6.36M
- **Surplus/(deficit):** +$21,905
- **Net assets/equity:** $1.16M
- **Audit opinion:** n/a
- **Source:** <https://tararuacollege.school.nz/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Tararua-College-Signed-Audited-Financial-Statements-2021.pdf>

## Tags

`surplus_latest_year` · `revenue_growth_15pct` · `holidays_act_disclosure_open` · `state_school` · `coeducational` · `secondary_school` · `eqi_above_average_need` · `reviewed_by_prolific_director`

## Machine-readable siblings

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

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