Welcome to Te Ara School
We are a school for secondary aged students that aims to support them to overcome their learning and/or behavioural barriers and facilitate their return to mainstream schooling; providing them with life skills and tools to help them into further education and potential career paths.
Who We Are
Te Ara is an educational centre with 4 staff (only 2 of whom are funded by the Ministry of Education) and approximately 20 students, focused on meeting the individual needs of secondary aged students.
Mainstream schooling tends not to suit every student’s needs or cater for certain social or behavioural barriers.
Te Ara aims to provide a more focused and supportive learning environment and equip students with the confidence and skills to move forward on their path of learning.
What We Do
We help students recognise and foster individual strengths in order to set goals that adhere to their individualised learning plans. All of this is completed in accordance with the NCEA curriculum provided by Te Kura (The Correspondence School).
We’ve been around for over 25 years and know what we are doing. We’ve well established roots in the Wellington community, but we also rely on our generous sponsors to partially fund our school.
Term Dates
All students start: 28th of January 2026.
Last day of Term 1: April 2nd (Good Friday April 3rd)
Term 1 Dates
Term 1 Holidays: April 3rd – April 19th.
Term 2: April 20th – July 3rd.
Term 2 Holidays: July 4th – July 19th.
Term 3: July 20th – September 25th.
Term 3 Holidays: September 26th – October 11th.
Term 4: October 12th – December 10th (Last day for all students)
Term 4 Holidays: December 11th.
2026 Staff Only Days
29th May: Loop Day School is Closed
31st of August: Staff Only Day – School is Closed
13th of November: Staff Only Day – School is Closed (NCEA/Accord Day)
Dates School is Closed
Waitangi Day: Friday 6th February.
Easter (in school holidays)
Good Friday 3rd April
Easter Sunday 5th April
Easter Monday 6th April
Anzac Day: (Observed 27th April)
King’s Birthday: Monday 1st June
Matariki: Friday 10th July
Labour Day: Monday 26th of October
Vavasour Charitable Trust
Macarthy Trust
Show Your Support
Although we receive a small grant from the Ministry of Education, we rely on and annually seek substantial funding from our sponsors for integral parts of the supportive and educational environment that we provide. For example: one integral part is our youth workers’ wages.
Be part of our story:
donate at givealittle.co.nz/org/TeAra
or for sponsorhsip opportunities email us at
info@teara.school.nz
