Mercury Bay Area School

Board Assurance with Regulatory and Legislative Requirements Report 2022 to 2025

As of March 2022, the Mercury Bay Area School, School Board has attested to the following regulatory and legislative requirements:

Board Administration

Yes

Curriculum

Yes

Management of Health, Safety and Welfare

Yes

Personnel Management

Yes

Finance

Yes

Assets

Yes

Actions for Compliance

ERO and the board have identified the following areas of non-compliance during the board assurance process: 

• Safety checking of employees has not been completed to meet the expectations of the Children’s Act 2014.

• The requirement to adopt a statement on the delivery of the health curriculum, at least once in every two years, after consultation with the school community has not been met.

[Section 92 Education and Training Act 2020].

• Board procedure in the management of complaints was identified as needing improvement.

The board has since addressed areas of non-compliance identified.

Further Information

For further information please contact Mercury Bay Area School, School Board.

The next School Board assurance that it is meeting regulatory and legislative requirements will be reported, along with the Te Ara Huarau | School Evaluation Report, within three years.

Information on ERO’s role and process in this review can be found on the Education Review Office website.

Shelley Booysen
Director of Schools

5 May 2023 

About the School

The Education Counts website provides further information about the school’s student population, student engagement and student achievement. educationcounts.govt.nz/home