The Charter School Agency is a departmental agency established on 1 July 2024 to implement and operate the new charter school model, including negotiating and managing contracts and delivering funding.

The Charter School Agency is responsible for engaging with stakeholders, including those who may be interested in applying to be charter schools. It supports the Charter Schools Authorisation Board which approve sponsors for new and converting charter schools. The Agency is hosted by the Ministry of Education.

The Agency’s responsibilities include: 
•    being the secretariat for the authorisation board
•    contracting with school sponsors
•    monitoring and reporting on what has been achieved with contracts
•    providing advice to the authorisation board on interventions with schools
•    working with other statutory bodies
•    advising Ministers.