List of schools ignoring National Standards

Below is the list of schools that will ignore national standards to be brought in during 2011. There are 225 schools out of just over 2000 which are ignoring the standards and should be avoided by parents if possible as the teaching standards and levels of education will generally be lower than at the other schools who will adopt the standards.

The teachers and principals at these schools do not want to tell parents how their kids are doing and therefore how well they are being taught.

These schools are also ignoring their direct employers, the Government and their indirect employers, parents, who wanted national standards when they voted National in 2008.

This is clearly a sackable offense. You can bet if I was an employee my employer would send me down the road for disobeying my directives.

This comes on top of teachers unions disrupting the education of 10s of thousands of children as they go on strike to get massive wage increases.

The List

Wellington
School Region
Birchville School
Avalon Intermediate
Martinborough School
Island Bay School
Taita Central School
Lyall Bay School
Paekakareki School
Fergusson Intermediate
St Michaels School Taita
St Bernadettes NaeNae
Koraunui School
Pomare School
Waitohou School Otaki
Maidstone Intermediate School
Miramar North School
Trentham School
Waikanae School
Mangaroa School
Wainuiomata Primary School
Natone School
Wainuiomata Intermediate
Corinna School
St Joseph's Levin
Bishop Viard
Windley School
Papaparaumu Beach School
Clyde Quay School
Khandallah School
Holy Family School
Brandon Intermediate

Tai Tokerau
Ruawai School
Kaiwaka School
Horeke School
Whangarei Intermediate
Kaitaia Primary School
Hikurangi Primary
Moerewa School
Kaikohe Intermediate School
Kawakawa School
Kaikohe East Primary
Paihia Primary
Maungatapere School
Whau Valley Primary School
Selwyn Park
Hora Hora Primary School
Totara Grove
Peria School
Kaeo Primary
Oruaiti School
Oromahoe School
Oturu School
Kamo Intermediate
Tauhoa School
Pukenui School
Kaitaia Intermediate
Pamapuria School
Ruakaka School
Tomarata School
Kohukohu Primary School

Canterbury
Ruawai School
Kaiwaka School
Horeke School
Whangarei Intermediate
Kaitaia Primary School
Hikurangi Primary
Moerewa School
Kaikohe Intermediate School
Kawakawa School
Kaikohe East Primary
Paihia Primary
Maungatapere School
Whau Valley Primary School
Selwyn Park
Hora Hora Primary School
Totara Grove
Peria School
Kaeo Primary
Oruaiti School
Oromahoe School
Oturu School
Kamo Intermediate
Tauhoa School
Pukenui School
Kaitaia Intermediate
Pamapuria School
Ruakaka School
Tomarata School
Kohukohu Primary School

Hawkes Bay
Flaxmere School
Nelson Park School
Peterhead School
Waipawa School
Bledisloe School
Irongate School
Pakowhai School

Southland
Ascot Community
Bluff Community
Donovan Primary
East Gore School
Fernworth Primary
Garston School
Isla Bank School
Lumsden School
New River School
Otautau School
Riversdale School
St Patrick's Invercargill
Salford School
Tisbury School
Waverley Park School
West Gore School

Waikato
Berkley Normal
Cambridge Primary School
Cargill Open Plan School
Deanwell School
Elstow-Waihou School
Glenview School
Gordonton School
Goodwood School
Hamilton North
Horotiu School
Kaihere School
Knighton School
Leamington School
Merivale School Tauranga
Morrinsville Primary
Newstead Model Country School
Opoutere School
Puahue School
Rangitoto School
Roto-o-Rangi School
St Columbas School
St Josephs School Waihi
St PiusX Catholic School
Tauwhare School
Te Kowhai School
Te Miro School
Te Rerenga School
Tokirima School
Waingaro School
Whenuakite School
Whitiora School

Auckland
Freemans Bay
Newton Central
Ponsonby Primary
Ponsonby Intermediate
Balmoral School
Dominion Road
Wesley Intermediate
Mt Eden Normal School
Edendale Primary
St Joseph's, Grey Lynn
Grey Lynn School
Westmere Primary
Valley School
Avondale Intermediate School
Sunnyvale School
Henderson North School
Willowbank School
Howick Intermediate
Anchorage Park School
Our Lady Star of the Sea
Sommerville Intermediate
Ramarama School
Konini School
Kelston Intermediate
Jean Batten School
Mangere East Primary
Manurewa South School
St Joseph's, Onehunga
Hillpark Primary School
Manurewa Intermediate
Clendon Park School
Randwick Park School
Greenmeadows Intermediate
Manurewa East School
Leabank Primary School
Takanini School
Mangere Bridge School
St Joseph's, Onehunga
Hillsborough Primary
May Road School
Mt Roskill Intermediate
Halsey Drive School
Monte Cecilia Catholic School, Hillsborough
Birkdale Primary School
Kauri Park School
Marlborough School
Vauxhall School
Target Road School
Torbay School
Beach Haven School
Sunnybrae Normal
Glenfield Primary
Murrays Bay Intermediate
Glen Eden Primary
Green Bay Primary
St Josephs Otahuhu
Fairburn Road School
Mt Richmond Special School
Otahuhu Primary School
Mayfield School
Flatbush School
Clover Park School
Bairds Mainfreight
Fergusson Intermediate School
Rongomai School
Chapel Downs School
Papakura Central School
Kingsford School
Papatoeote West School
Puhinui School
Papatoetoe Central
South Auckland SDA
Papatoetoe South
Snells Beach
Aka Aka School
Flanshaw Rd Primary
Swanson Primary
Finlayson Park School
Parkuranga Intermediate
Rowandale School

Otago
Waitati School
College St School
North East Valley Normal
Waihola District School
Green Island School
Musselburgh School
Macandrew Intermediate
Balaclava School
Cromwell School
Tahuna Normal Intermediate
Bradford School

c Darren Rickard 2010

Another Dick with no Balls

If it isn't bullying Peter Jackson around by threatening to close down his production of the Hobbit, it is petulant, childish behavior by primary school teachers, threatening the future of New Zealands children.

I am talking about nasty, filthy little unions who are always doing the best for themselves rather than the people they claim to represent.

I was absolutely disgusted yesterday by the behaviour of the teachers union and their treatment of their boss Ann Tolley at a conference in Rotorua.

They yelled and screamed, they sat silent holding childish little banners during a Tolley speech, ignoring their guest throughout.

I mean this is the kind of stuff their kids might do!

Some of them actually had their own kids there, reminiscent of the manipulation by some union teachers of their pupils when they got them write to Anne Tolly asking her for a pay rise!

What kind of bloody example is this setting for those they say they teach and care about?

It is clear though that they are putting themselves before their pupils when, like their secondary school counterparts, threaten to strike to get pay rises that are not possible during a deep recession.

Some would say that pupils of these teachers would be better off without them in the classroom, given their lack of morals, principles, their boorish and threatening behaviour and the clear refusal of them to teach properly to the new curriculum and the higher standards that go along with the improved syllabus.

They need some education though, as poor as it might be.

It is clear that this isn't about pupils and their education, it is about greed, it is about the inability and laziness of these teachers to teach to a standard that parents, their employers, want and it is about politics.

We need good teachers that will follow their bosses wishes and those good teachers should be paid more. Those filthy, dirty little collectives in the teachers unions who are clearly not up to par teaching-wise, need to be given the boot.

We don't need their poor example setting, low standards and inability to see that parents want better education.

Anne Tolly has a hard job, but she looks like a tough individual. She needs to stand her ground against these bastards and so far she has done an admirable job. It is time for her to turn the screws and send a message.

Our kids are not getting the best from union teachers and they deserve better.

c Darren Rickard 2010