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Weather closes 67 schools and 52 early learning centres
Thursday, 6 April 2017, 5:15 pm | Ministry of Education
Flooding has this afternoon closed more schools and early learning centres, and has now affected 10,817 school students and 1,814 pre-schoolers. More >>
Severe wet weather closes 47 schools and 21 ECE centres
Thursday, 6 April 2017, 1:32 pm | Ministry of Education
Flooding has today closed 47 schools and 21 early learning services across the North Island, affecting 5875 school students and 709 pre-schoolers. More >>
Flooding closes 103 schools and 92 early learning centres
Thursday, 6 April 2017, 8:51 am | Ministry of Education
The severe wet weather has today closed 103 schools and 92 early learning centres across the North Island, affecting 13,725 school students and 3,895 pre-schoolers. More >>
School closures as a result of civil emergency
Wednesday, 5 April 2017, 9:21 am | Ministry of Education
All schools in the Whanganui District and Rangitikei District will be closed on Wednesday, as a result of the state of civil emergency declared by the two District Councils. This is automatic whenever a state of civil emergency is declared. More >>
Investigation into the use of seclusion at Miramar School
Friday, 14 October 2016, 5:15 pm | Ministry of Education
On July 25, the Ministry of Education received a complaint from a parent about her son, a student at Miramar Central School, and his confinement in a small dark room at the school. The letter, to the Ministry and the School Board of Trustees, was ... More >>
Historic school bus welcomed to Parliament
Wednesday, 12 October 2016, 1:46 pm | Ministry of Education
Education Minister Hekia Parata this afternoon welcomed a historic school bus onto the grounds of Parliament. More >>
Ministry gives effect to Employment Court decision
Thursday, 15 September 2016, 4:27 pm | Ministry of Education
Media release 15 September, 2016 Ministry gives effect to Employment Court decision The Ministry of Education is taking steps to put an Employment Court decision into action over the way support staff are paid, says the head of the Education Infrastructure ... More >>
Ministry disappointed by union claims
Tuesday, 9 August 2016, 3:36 pm | Ministry of Education
9 August 2016 Ministry disappointed by union claims Ministry of Education Secretary Katrina Casey says she’s disappointed with the mischaracterisation of the Funding Systems Review work being undertaken by the Government, the Ministry and the Advisory ... More >>
New Zealand’s top student named
Wednesday, 4 May 2016, 12:44 pm | Ministry of Education
Education Minister Hekia Parata has congratulated former Rutherford College student Oxana Repina on being awarded the Prime Minister’s Award for Academic Excellence at the NZQA Top Scholar Awards at Parliament today. More >>
Sentencing of Robert Burrett
Tuesday, 12 April 2016, 12:12 pm | Ministry of Education
“We welcome the sentence imposed by Justice Gerald Nation today,” says Katrina Casey, the Ministry’s deputy secretary for sector enablement and support. More >>
Children head back to school
Monday, 1 February 2016, 10:16 am | Ministry of Education
Schools will be opening for the new school year this week, as students begin another year’s learning. More >>
Schools to be informed of decile review
Thursday, 4 June 2015, 2:12 pm | Ministry of Education
Schools to be informed of decile review Schools that have applied for a review of their decile recalculation will be advised of the outcome over the next ten days. Deputy Secretary for Student Achievement, Dr Graham Stoop, says 160 schools asked ... More >>
Updated sexuality education guide for schools released
Thursday, 28 May 2015, 12:28 pm | Ministry of Education
The Ministry of Education has released an updated guide for schools on teaching sexuality education. More >>
Teachers urged to turn students into ‘data detectives’
Tuesday, 17 March 2015, 1:59 pm | Ministry of Education
The Ministry of Education and Statistics NZ are encouraging teachers to sign up to CensusAtSchool, an online statistics project that turns students into “data detectives”. More >>
Ministry chooses preferred bidder for building project
Monday, 9 February 2015, 12:41 pm | Ministry of Education
The Ministry of Education has chosen Future Schools Partners as the preferred bidder for a public private partnership (PPP) to build four schools. More >>
Children head back to school
Monday, 26 January 2015, 11:48 am | Ministry of Education
More than 10,000 five-year-olds head off to class for the first time as New Zealand schools open for the New Year from today. Schools will be reopening this week and next week. More >>
First Communities of Schools’ details released
Friday, 12 December 2014, 12:47 pm | Ministry of Education
Communities of Schools in Auckland, Hawke’s Bay, Marlborough, Nelson, West Coast, Canterbury, and Southland will form in the new school year. ‘I’m pleased to release today the list of schools approved for the first 11 Communities of Schools,” says ... More >>
School decile ratings released
Wednesday, 26 November 2014, 12:10 pm | Ministry of Education
The Ministry of Education has today released the new decile ratings for the country’s 2,406 state and state-integrated schools. “Over the last two weeks we have contacted all schools to let them know their ratings, which are recalculated after each census,” ... More >>
Schools to learn of any changes to their decile ratings
Monday, 10 November 2014, 10:10 am | Ministry of Education
Monday 10 November, 2014 The Ministry of Education will be contacting all schools over the next ten days to let them know the outcome of the latest recalculation of school decile ratings, says the Ministry’s Deputy Secretary for student achievement ... More >>
New payroll company takes over
Friday, 17 October 2014, 11:01 am | Ministry of Education
The decision to transfer ownership and management of the schools’ payroll service from Talent2 to the new company was announced by Minister Responsible for Novopay, Steven Joyce, in July this year. More >>
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