Annual Early Childhood Education Child and Staff Return

Introduction

The Annual ECE Child and Staff Return is completed by early childhood education services and gives the Ministry of Education a ‘snapshot’ of the number of enrolled children and staff at licensed services. This information contributes to a comprehensive information base on early childhood education in New Zealand and is used in the development of policy and monitoring in early childhood education.

Key Findings

The latest Annual ECE Child and Staff Return, including a summary of the return and data tables, can be found in the
ECE Statistics page.

Publications

The Annual ECE Child and Staff Return data are used as the basis for a significant amount of analysis and many publications about early childhood educatin in New Zealand. ECE return data can be found in:

Links to Publications and Indicators containing ECE Return Data:
Education Statistics of New Zealand (Publication)     Education Statistics of New Zealand
State of Education in New Zealand (Publication)     State of Education in New Zealand
Participation in Early Childhood Education (Indicator)     Participation in early childhood education
Hours of Participation in Early Childhood Education (Indicator)     Hours of participation in early childhood education

Data Collection

Collection Forms
Collection Forms            Copies of the collection forms used for the ECE Child and Staff Return are available as            either MS Word documents or Adobe PDFs.

Code Sets
Code Sets            Copies of the code sets used in roll return.

Coding Guidelines
Reducing Iwi Coding Problems      Reducing Iwi Coding Problems            Provides guidance on how to reduce the number of Iwi coding errors by highlighting the            problem areas and providing the recommended code to use.
Ethnic Group Code      Ethnic Group Code            The ethnic group code includdes a section on how to convert multiple ethnic groups into            a single ethnic group (prioritisation).