Annual Early Childhood Education Child and Staff Return
This is the main index page for the Annual Early Childhood Education Child and Staff Return. From here you can access the annual return collection forms, guidelines for completing the return, and code tables relevant to the 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:
- the publication Education Statistics of New Zealand
- the publication State of Education in New Zealand
- the indicator Participation in early childhood education
- the indicator Hours of participation in early childhood education
Data Collection
Collection Forms
Copies of the Collection Forms used for the ECE Child and Staff Return are available as either MS Word documents or PDFs.
Code Sets
Copies of the code sets used in roll return.
Coding Guidelines
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.
The Ethnic Group Code includes a section on how to convert multiple ethnic groups into a single ethnic group (prioritisation).
Contact Us
If you would like to know more about Annual ECE Child and Staff Returns please email us at one of the following addresses:
For questions about the reporting, publications and use of data: Information.Officer@minedu.govt.nz
For questions about the collection and coding of Annual ECE Child and Staff Returns: ECE.Statistics@minedu.govt.nz
Related Education Counts Documents
Data Collections: a description of different data collections.