Board members are elected to act on behalf of the school’s community to ensure that the school continuously improves student progress and achievement. 

Our current Board of Trustees members are :

Rowan Jordan - Presiding Member

Anna Stockman - Principal

Leanne Trigg - Staff Member / Secretary / Treasurer

Hass Herbert - Property

James McFarlane - Health and Safety

The Board of Trustees is responsible for ensuring the school complies with all legal directives made by the government and the Ministry of Education. This is done by ensuring we have robust policies and procedures in place. There is a clearly documented line between board work and management work. Boards of trustees govern (oversee management) and principals manage the school. It is not the role of the Board of Trustees to be involved in the day-to-day operation of the school, this is the responsibility of the principal and the school staff.

Board work is primarily about governance of the school. Governance involves setting strategic direction through our vision, core values and strategic goals. Core work of the board includes setting targets and tracking student progress. This also includes regular review of curriculum areas. The board monitors financial expenditure of the school and sets a yearly budget. We also establish long term property plans and prioritize property projects with allocated funds.

Our Board meeting take place twice, per term.  These meetings are not public meetings, but are meetings held in public.  Public are welcome to attend, however must request speaking rights from the presiding member prior to the meeting.  Meeting dates and times are published in the school newsletter.

This page will provide access to our School Charter, Strategic Plan, Annual Plan and our most up to date Annual Financial Report.

Strategic Plan

Under the Education and Training Act 2020, the government have made changes to how schools plan and report that will be implemented in 2024. The framework, which came into effect on 1 January 2023, is currently being introduced to school leaders and boards.

Te Whakangārahu Ngātahi | Planning Together is designed to help:

• Focus schools and kura on continuously improving their planning and reporting practices to deliver equitable and excellent outcomes for all learners.

• Support learners, whānau and communities to be involved in the planning process for their school or kura.

• Give schools and kura flexibility to reflect their local contexts in their planning and reporting.

• Support whānau and communities to hold their schools or kura accountable for learner outcomes.

Te Whakangārahu Ngātahi│Planning Together requires the board to develop:

• a 3-year strategic plan[1] developed in consultation with their school community, that sets out how the board will meet their primary objectives (set out in the Education and Training Act 2020)

• an annual implementation plan that sets annual targets and actions for working towards their strategic goals

• an annual report that reports on the school’s progress and finances.

[1] Your board’s first strategic plan will be for a timeframe of 2 years (1 January 2024-31 December 2025) to align the strategic planning cycle with board triennial elections. 

(www.education.govt.nz).  

ERO report

Our most recent ERO Profile report was conducted in  _________     The full report can be found here.

Annual Report

It is a Ministry requirement to have the previous years annual financial report from the auditor on the school website.  See ours below.

2024 Annual Implementation Plan

Anna - principal@marco.school.nz

Rowan - rowanbot@marco.school.nz

Leanne - leannet@marco.school.nz

Hass - hassbot@marco.school.nz

Jim-bob - jamesbot@marco.school.nz

NAG 1 - Curriculum

NAG 2  - Documentation and Self Review

NAG 3 - Personnel

NAG 4 - Finance and Property

NAG 5 - Health and Safety

NAG 6 - Legislation