Ko Taku Reo: Deaf Education New Zealand
Ko Taku Reo: Deaf Education New Zealand is located in Archibald Road, New Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand. It is a residential special school for deaf children, as well as a resource centre providing services and support for mainstream students, students in provisions, and teachers in New Zealand.
| Ko Taku Reo: Deaf Education New Zealand | |
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Ko Taku Reo: Deaf Education New Zealand Kelston campus | |
| Address | |
3 Archibald Road, New Lynn, Auckland | |
| Coordinates | 36.9055°S 174.6656°E |
| Information | |
| Type | State co-ed special school with boarding facilities |
| Established | 1958 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 503 |
| Principal | David Foster |
| Head of School | Tom Purvis and Christine Miller |
| School roll | (February 2024) |
| Socio-economic decile | 3 |
| Website | www.kdec.school.nz |
The Kelston School for the Deaf was established in 1958, as the Kelston School for Deaf Children. It replaced the schools for the deaf at Mount Wellington and Lopdell House in Titirangi. It changed its name to Kelston Deaf Education Centre in 1991 to better reflect the wide range of services it provided. At the start of the third term of 2020 the school merged with the Van Asch Deaf Education Centre to form Ko Taku Reo, a national school for Deaf Education.