Board Survey

We received over 100 responses, providing us with a valuable sample of insights from our diverse parent community. We are currently analysing the responses and look forward to sharing these findings with you next month (once they have been shared at our next Board meeting).

We’re thrilled to see that parents’ perceptions of Te Ao Mārama School remain overwhelmingly positive, as highlighted by these “gems” below…

Survey Question: If you were asked to describe Te Ao Mārama School to a work colleague or friend, what would you say?

An incredibly special kura, with incredibly special people. I wish that school was like this when I was a kid!

𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴, 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴. 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴.

It's a fantastic school, with caring teachers and a great atmosphere.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘬𝘶𝘳𝘢.

Te Ao Mārama is the best thing that could have happened in our child's life. I wish we could have had him going to this school since day one.

𝘈𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘧𝘧, 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘹𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘶𝘯 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘞𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘴𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴.

Very safe, very clean, very diverse. Their approach to education is progressive, thoughtful, innovative and inclusive. All staff appear happy and proud to work at the school.

𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥.

So many fabulous opportunities are on offer, great teachers, diversity is celebrated, amazing facilities, very caring staff and well balanced learning programmes on offer across all year levels.

Ngā mihi,
Te Ao Mārama School Board