124:
Residence in this zone, or in the school's boarding house, if it has one, gives right of entry to the School. Students who live outside the school's home zone can be admitted, if there are places available, in the following order of priority: special programmes; siblings of currently enrolled students; siblings of past students; children of board employees; all other students. If there are more applications than available places then selection must be through a ballot, which is randomly selected.
39:
112:
Schools
Conditional Integration Act 1975 "on a basis which will preserve and safeguard the special character of the education provided by them". According to Ministry of Education statistics, of the 284,052 secondary students (Years 9–15) enrolled in New Zealand schools at 1 July 2012, 81.6 percent (231,817) attend state schools, 12.6 percent (35,924) attend state integrated schools, and 5.7 percent (16,230) attend private schools.
127:
Critics have suggested that the system is fundamentally unfair as it restricts the choice for parents to choose schools and schools to choose their students. In addition, there is evidence that property values surrounding some more desirable schools become inflated, thus restricting the ability of
123:
For state schools, the
Education Amendment Act 2000 puts in place a new "system for determining enrollment of students in circumstances where a school has reached its roll capacity and needs to avoid overcrowding." Schools which operate enrolment schemes have a geographically defined "home zone".
111:
schools. State and state integrated schools are government funded. Private schools receive about 25% of their funding from the government, and rely on tuition fees for the rest. State integrated schools are former private schools which are now "integrated" into the state system under the
Private
207:
Strictly speaking, no fees need to be paid for education at a state school provided the student is a New
Zealand citizen or permanent resident, or an Australian citizen. However, most schools also ask for a "voluntary donation" from parents, informally known as "school fees" or a "parental
76:
was raised from 14 to 15. At the same time, a gradual move started away from separate secondary schools and technical high schools toward comprehensive secondary schools serving both, and district high schools started falling out of favour to separate secondary schools. Combined with the
485:—Reports on every school which include statistical data such as overall roll, parental income, and gender and ethnic composition, as well as assessment of areas of strength and areas for improvement. Provided by the
352:
81:, the number of secondary students swelled and a large number of new secondary schools had to be built. To save construction time and costs, most secondary schools built in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s
183:
92:, 96 district high schools, and 41 technical high schools. By 1980, there were 265 secondary schools and 35 district high schools, with technical high schools having been completely phased out.
491:
364:
220:(PPTA) is the largest trade union in secondary education in New Zealand with 18,000 teaching staff employed in state and state integrated secondary schools being members.
99:
reform was implemented, moving the governance of secondary schools from district education boards to individual school communities through elected boards of trustees.
155:
NCEA has three levels, one for each of the last three years of secondary school. It contains a mix of internal and external assessments. NCEA replaced the old
390:
69:
In 1940, there were 156 schools in New
Zealand offering secondary education: 39 secondary schools, 96 district high schools, and 21 technical high schools.
88:
By 1960, the number of secondary students had tripled from 39,000 to 140,000, and the number of secondary schools had increased to 239, comprising 102
476:
137:
223:
Independent
Schools Education Association (ISEA) is the union for teaching and non-teaching staff in New Zealand independent (private) schools.
308:
339:
368:
506:
511:
217:
82:
171:
479:—covers primary, intermediate and secondary schooling. Provided by the Ministry of Education of the New Zealand Government
115:
Many private schools, state area schools and state integrated schools take students from Years 0 to 13, or Years 7 to 13.
486:
50:
415:
394:
156:
238:
164:
26:
in New
Zealand takes up to five years, covering the ages 13 to 18, corresponding to the school years 9 to 13.
437:
78:
202:
286:
263:
451:
232:
190:
108:
160:
482:
315:
149:
8:
189:
University
Entrance, based on NCEA results, allows entrance to New Zealand universities.
179:
175:
145:
22:
95:
In 1989, the school leaving age was raised to the present age of 16. Also in 1989, the
73:
174:
Board are offered at some schools. For these qualifications, IGCSE is sat in year 11,
431:
333:
418:. Post Primary Teachers' Association. Archived from the original on 8 February 2013
107:
There are three types of school: state, private (or registered or independent) and
89:
182:
in year 13. Neither of these independent qualifications are registered on the
500:
38:
287:"Primary and secondary education - Education from the 1920s to 2000s"
193:
is a qualification pitched at students within the top stanine level.
264:"Primary and secondary education - Numbers and types of schools"
237:
For a list of New
Zealand schools with Knowledge articles, see
128:
lowers socio-economic groups to purchase a house in the zone.
471:
141:
391:"Subtext - December 2003, School zones raise house prices"
365:"Roll by Authority & Funding Year Level - 1 July 2012"
455:
136:
The
Government-run student qualification system is the
367:. New Zealand Ministry of Education. Archived from
118:
498:
492:Yahoo directory of New Zealand Secondary schools
353:Private Schools Conditional Integration Act 1975
140:("NCEA"). At some schools students can opt for
138:National Certificate of Educational Achievement
148:(popularly known as "Cambridge exams") or the
16:Overview of secondary education in New Zealand
257:
255:
253:
289:. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand
266:. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand
284:
278:
261:
250:
131:
499:
338:: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (
184:NZQA National Qualifications Framework
196:
172:Cambridge International Examinations
33:
472:Ministry of Education (New Zealand)
170:The IGCSE and A-level exams of the
150:International Baccalaureate Diploma
13:
218:Post Primary Teachers' Association
102:
14:
523:
477:Guide to Schooling in New Zealand
465:
285:Swarbrick, Nancy (13 July 2012).
262:Swarbrick, Nancy (13 July 2012).
507:Secondary schools in New Zealand
211:
37:
239:Category:Schools in New Zealand
119:State school enrollment schemes
512:Secondary education by country
444:
408:
383:
357:
346:
301:
1:
483:Education Review Office (ERO)
244:
83:were built to standard plans
7:
226:
79:post-World War II baby boom
10:
528:
203:School Fees in New Zealand
200:
29:
436:: CS1 maint: unfit URL (
233:Education in New Zealand
487:Education Review Office
191:New Zealand Scholarship
161:Sixth Form Certificate
132:School qualifications
23:Secondary education
371:on 4 November 2013
197:Fees and donations
157:School Certificate
97:Tomorrow's Schools
74:school leaving age
49:. You can help by
90:secondary schools
67:
66:
519:
460:
459:
454:. Archived from
448:
442:
441:
435:
427:
425:
423:
412:
406:
405:
403:
402:
393:. Archived from
387:
381:
380:
378:
376:
361:
355:
350:
344:
343:
337:
329:
327:
326:
320:
314:. Archived from
313:
305:
299:
298:
296:
294:
282:
276:
275:
273:
271:
259:
109:state integrated
62:
59:
41:
34:
527:
526:
522:
521:
520:
518:
517:
516:
497:
496:
468:
463:
450:
449:
445:
429:
428:
421:
419:
414:
413:
409:
400:
398:
389:
388:
384:
374:
372:
363:
362:
358:
351:
347:
331:
330:
324:
322:
318:
311:
309:"Archived copy"
307:
306:
302:
292:
290:
283:
279:
269:
267:
260:
251:
247:
229:
214:
208:contribution".
205:
199:
178:in year 12 and
134:
121:
105:
103:Types of school
63:
57:
54:
47:needs expansion
32:
17:
12:
11:
5:
525:
515:
514:
509:
495:
494:
489:
480:
474:
467:
466:External links
464:
462:
461:
458:on 2010-04-26.
443:
407:
382:
356:
345:
300:
277:
248:
246:
243:
242:
241:
235:
228:
225:
213:
210:
201:Main article:
198:
195:
133:
130:
120:
117:
104:
101:
65:
64:
44:
42:
31:
28:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
524:
513:
510:
508:
505:
504:
502:
493:
490:
488:
484:
481:
478:
475:
473:
470:
469:
457:
453:
447:
439:
433:
417:
411:
397:on 2005-09-05
396:
392:
386:
370:
366:
360:
354:
349:
341:
335:
321:on 2006-06-14
317:
310:
304:
288:
281:
265:
258:
256:
254:
249:
240:
236:
234:
231:
230:
224:
221:
219:
212:Trades unions
209:
204:
194:
192:
187:
185:
181:
177:
173:
168:
166:
162:
158:
153:
151:
147:
143:
139:
129:
125:
116:
113:
110:
100:
98:
93:
91:
86:
84:
80:
75:
72:In 1944, the
70:
61:
58:February 2013
52:
48:
45:This section
43:
40:
36:
35:
27:
25:
24:
19:
456:the original
446:
420:. Retrieved
416:"About PPTA"
410:
399:. Retrieved
395:the original
385:
373:. Retrieved
369:the original
359:
348:
323:. Retrieved
316:the original
303:
291:. Retrieved
280:
268:. Retrieved
222:
215:
206:
188:
169:
154:
135:
126:
122:
114:
106:
96:
94:
87:
71:
68:
55:
51:adding to it
46:
21:
20:
18:
422:14 February
375:8 September
293:15 February
270:15 February
501:Categories
401:2006-01-23
325:2006-07-26
245:References
167:systems.
432:cite web
334:cite web
227:See also
176:AS-level
146:A-levels
180:A-level
165:Bursary
30:History
452:"ISEA"
319:(PDF)
312:(PDF)
142:IGCSE
438:link
424:2013
377:2013
340:link
295:2013
272:2013
216:The
163:and
53:.
503::
434:}}
430:{{
336:}}
332:{{
252:^
186:.
159:,
152:.
85:.
440:)
426:.
404:.
379:.
342:)
328:.
297:.
274:.
144:/
60:)
56:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
