Proactively Released Released Proactively Released Proactively Released Proactively NGĀ KURA O AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND SCHOOLS REPORT 2017 Contents Table of Figures ............................................................................................................................................................. 5 Foreword ................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Overview .................................................................................................................................................................. ... 9 Key findings for 2017 ................................................................................................................................ ..... ......... 9 Chapter 1 ......................................................................................................................................... ........ ..... .........11 Schools in 2017 ........................................................................................................................ ................. ................11 Expectations of schools in 2017 ..................................................................................... ..... ............................11 Education (Update) Amendment Act ................................................................................. ...... ..... ..................................13 A New Strategic Planning and Reporting Framework for State Schoo s ......... .... ..... .............................................13 Community representation by school trustees ............................................ ..... ........................................14 Chapter 2 ................................................................................................ .... .... .......................................................17 Student wellbeing ............................................................... ......... ....... .........................................................17 Evidence on student wellbeing ............................................... ...... ...........................................................................17 Initiatives that promote student wellbeing ................................ ..............................................................................................19 Literacy and numeracy in secondary schools ...... .............................................................................................. 22 Ethnic, gender and socio-economic status (SES) dif erences .............................................................................................22 Science in secondary schools ....................... ............ ........................................................................................ 25 Ethnic and gender differences .............. ....... ........ ...... .......................................................................................................25 School leaver attainment .............. .... ....... ........................................................................................................ 27 School leaver destinations ............. .........................................................................................................................31 Ethnic, gender and socio-e onomi d fferences........................................................................................................................32 Chapter 3 ................. ..... ....... .............................................................................................................................. 35 Early Literacy and Numer cy .................................................................................................................................... 35 Reading Recovery ..... ....................................................................................................................................................................35 Resource T achers f Literacy ...........................................................................................................................................................36 Programmes f r Students (PfS)........................................................................................................................................................36 Impr ving d sabled and learning support .............................................................................................................. 36 rengthening Māori Education ................................................................................................................................ 37 Māo i Learners ..........................................................................................................................................................................................38 Māori Language in Education ............................................................................................................................................................38 Learners in Māori Medium Education .............................................................................................................................................39 ProactivelyPartnerships with iwi ............................................................................................................................... Released..............................................39 Strengthening Pacific Education .............................................................................................................................. 39 Pacific Learners ........................................................................................................................................................................................39 Initiatives to support Pacific learners ............................................................................................................................................ 40 Youth Guarantee ...........................................................................................................................................................41 Youth Guarantee Fund ...........................................................................................................................................................................41 Other Youth Guarantee initiatives ....................................................................................................................................................41 Trades Academies ........................................................................................................................................................41 www.educationcounts.govt.nz 3 EDK 0366 NZ Schools Report_04.indd 3 18/09/2018 3:08:14 p.m. NGĀ KURA O AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND SCHOOLS REPORT 2017 ART – Numbers, Names, and Needs......................................................................................................................... 42 Partnering up with Parents, Whanau, and Communities ...................................................................................... 42 Reading Together® ..................................................................................................................................................................................42 Parents, families and whānau experiences of education ........................................................................................................42 Chapter 4 ...................................................................................................................................................................... 43 Attendance at school ................................................................................................................................................. 43 Regular attendance ............................................................................................................................................................................... 44 Student transience ................................................................................................................................................ ...46 Retention of students in secondary schooling ......................................................................................... ... 46 Early leaving exemptions .......................................................................................................................... .. .. 47 Ethnic and gender differences ......................................................................................................................... ..... ....... ....48 Stand-downs and suspensions from school ............................................................................. ... ..... ........... 48 Ethnic, gender, age and socio-economic differences .............................................................. ....... ...... .................... 49 Ethnic, gender, age and socio-economic differences ..................................................... ...... ......... ............................ 50 Chapter 5 ............................................................................................................. ...... ....... ....................................51 Communities of Learning | Kāhui Ako ............................................. ..... ....... ...........................................51