Introduction
We’re pleased to reach another milestone on our shared journey to strengthen the national curriculum which includes refreshing The New Zealand Curriculum (NZC) and redesigning Te Marautanga o Aotearoa (TMoA).

The draft learning area for Years 7-13 English in The NZC is now available and we welcome your feedback and informed insights on this content during our consultation from 31 March – 13 June 2025.

By leveraging the expertise of teachers, principals and a wide variety of education professionals, academics and associations, we aim to enhance student progress and achievement. Your informed insights and valued feedback are at the heart of this and will help us to shape curriculum content that is clear, structured, evidence-based and grounded in the science of learning.

Updated content will then be released in Term 4, 2025 and becomes required teaching from the start of 2026.

Approach
The feedback form focuses on Phases 3 - 5 of the draft English learning area. The form has space for you to give feedback on each section of the learning area and then an opportunity for you to give overall feedback at the end.

You will need to have the draft content available for reference as you progress through the form. The content can be found here English (Year 7-13) Consultation.

We recommend that the feedback form be completed as a group but we also welcome individual responses where a group approach is not possible. Some of the questions will ask you to focus on one phase of learning (i.e. Phase 4, years 9 - 10) so it is best to group yourselves in this way, but you can provide feedback on more than one phase.

For more information about the draft learning area, including what you will recognise and what is new, the presentation, available supports, timelines, and what’s next please refer to the information sheet on Tāhūrangi.

Privacy
This feedback form does not intend to collect any personal information that identifies you or other individuals. However, if any such information is provided, it will be treated in accordance with the Privacy Act 2020. We ask that you provide your organisation name and/or your role for analysis purposes. No individuals or organisations will be named or identified in any reports written from this feedback process. Your responses will be held in a secure Ministry business system. The New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) will be analysing the feedback and writing a report for the Ministry of Education.  Responses may be subject to release if they are requested under the Official Information Act. If we have to release your response, we will seek to protect your privacy, including not disclosing your identity to the full extent permitted by the law. Your responses will be retained while we complete analysis and reporting and for six months before being securely disposed of.

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