NCEA co-requisite transformation pathway
Three years. Whole-school change. Lasting success.
Aromatawai | Literacy & numeracy readiness for NCEA
Every ākonga deserves the opportunity to achieve the NCEA literacy and numeracy corequisites. We help secondary schools and kura build a clear, schoolwide pathway so more learners are ready, confident and successful.
How we help
Our three-year pathway offers structured, evidence-based support that grows with your school:
Year 1 – Emerging
Establish shared understanding, clarify baseline data, and build confidence in teaching and assessing reading, writing & numeracy within and across subject areas.
Focus: evidence, clarity, and staff capability.
Year 2 – Integrating
Strengthen cross-curricular effectiveness and coherence through high quality teaching, shared tools, system alignment, and development of consistent feedback practices.
Focus: targeted high-quality teaching, planning and assessment integration, dependable moderation, collaborative leadership.
Year 3 – Embedding
Embed sustainable practices and documentation - monitoring processes, targeted intervention pathways, moderation and ongoing review processes - so your school is confident and self-sustaining beyond external support.
Focus: high quality teaching and learning, sustainable schoolwide monitoring systems, schoolwide alignment, impact evaluation.
Investment: $21,060 + GST per year (plus travel)
Total three-year investment: $63,180 + GST (plus travel)
Our three-year pathway
Sustainable change takes time, clarity, and consistent practice across your school. Each step of this pathway builds the shared understanding, systems, and capability needed for long-term success with the NCEA co-requisites.
Use our student and teacher voice questionnaires to identify your best starting point for sustainable change.
Your implementation partner
Think of us as an extension of your leadership team - reducing workload, easing implementation pressures, and making sure the changes you invest in lead to real improvements for learners. We’ll help you:
Plan with clarity: codesign a realistic roadmap for literacy & numeracy readiness, aligned with your local context, strategic goals and timetable structures.
Coordinate the mahi: keep people and actions connected across departments; provide tools, templates and short, high impact PLD that fits your calendar.
Build capability: develop leaders and teams to confidently interpret evidence, design responsive programmes, and use dependable assessment practices.
Track impact: establish simple progress measures, review what’s working, and adapt.
What this can include
Key focus areas are identified during scoping hui and can include:
whole staff workshops to build a shared understanding of the corequisites
department based clinics on integrating the literacy & numeracy demands of NCEA within learning areas
assessment system tune-ups: dependable moderation, progress tracking and use of evidence for decision making
coaching for leaders (SLT, HODs, deans, SENCO, kaiārahi) to coordinate and sustain change
design of targeted programmes and timetables for priority learners
review cycles and impact evaluation
differentiated strategies for Years 7–13
literacy and numeracy across the curriculum
assessment for learning and data use
building teaching, leadership, and team capability
supporting ākonga agency and equitable outcomes.
We tailor the mix to your goals and timeframe.
Where should your school start?
To help with deciding which year of our three-year pathway best fits, use our quick diagnostic tools with your staff and students. These short questionnaires help you gather evidence of readiness and highlight next steps for literacy and numeracy improvement.
Downloadable student and teacher questionnaires
Together, the responses provide a snapshot of where your school sits – Emerging, Integrating, or Embedding – and help you identify the most effective starting point.
A typical pathway
“Discover, Design, Do, Review” illustrates a four-step continuous improvement cycle.
Practical supports
Alignment with teacher-only days to avoid reliever costs.
Hybrid delivery to minimise travel burden.
Resources, strategies, and leadership support shared across your staff.
A three-year agreement to give boards clarity and certainty.
Who we work with
Secondary schools and kura developing a cross-curricular approach to literacy and numeracy.
Leaders coordinating readiness (SLT, HODs, deans, SENCO) who want practical tools and aligned systems.
Teams seeking targeted support for priority learners.
