Some of our websites and online services are temporarily unavailable while we make security updates. Some school websites and systems are also affected. The School Leaders Bulletin and Early Learning ...

SMART (Student Monitoring, Assessment and Reporting Tool) is a new online assessment tool that schools will start using with your child in 2026. The assessment will give you and the teachers clear, ...

SMART (Student Monitoring, Assessment and Reporting Tool) is a new online assessment tool that kura can start using with your mokopuna in 2026. The assessment will give you and kaiako clear, ...

Gross misconduct is never trivial and requires a high threshold. Whether an incident constitutes gross misconduct will always depend on the particular situation. You must weigh up all the factors. A ...

In New Zealand, children between the ages of 6 and 16 must go to school. If your child does not have the legal right to be in the country, you will need to apply to us for approval before you can ...

Standard planning is a specific term for our planning process. It means things happen in a logical and predictable order, with consistent, good quality results. Planning starts with understanding and ...

Recent security vulnerabilities have been identified in WordPress, a widely used platform for public-facing websites. If your early learning service uses a WordPress website, ask your website ...

Information and guidance about your child's learning and development from early learning to school and kura and tertiary education.

We give schools a staffing entitlement which funds 1 year of full-time teacher equivalents (FTTEs). It's up to your school board to work out how many staff you could employ based on the amount of ...

The education sector includes all early learning, schooling, and tertiary education provision. It sets out the goals we are seeking to achieve and provides a framework for coordinating our programmes ...

In some cases, a student may need to be removed from state or state-integrated school or kura. This is usually after the school has tried other measures. There is a very high bar for removing a ...

The Associate Minister of Education Hon David Seymour established the Ministerial Advisory Group (MAG) on 19 June 2025 to review funding for early learning. The MAG is an independent body supported by ...