Attendance in New Zealand Schools in 2009 Publications
Publication Details
This survey on attendance was carried out in June 2009. The survey aims to inform the Ministry’s work to improve student engagement in education.
Author(s): Marian Loader and Tracey Ryan, Education Information and Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: February 2010
This report is available as a download (please refer to the 'Downloads' inset box). To view the individual chapters please refer to the 'Sections' inset box. For links to related publications/ information that may be of interest please refer to the 'Where to Find Out More' inset box.
Section 4: Analysis of School Factors
Absence and Type of School
Findings from past surveys indicated that absences are more prevalent at the secondary school level than in primary, intermediate or composite schools. Figure 1 shows the variation in absence types associated with the type of school.
Figure 1: Absences and school type [click image to enlarge]
Figure 1 shows that overall absence rates are very similar, including proportions of justified and unjustified absence, for full primary, contributing and intermediate schools. The overall absence rate for special schools is close to the national average but there is a much higher proportion of
justified absences.
As in previous surveys the rate of unjustified absences are higher in secondary schools.
The results are similar to 2006 for justified and unjustified absences for all school types.
Absence and School Decile
As for previous surveys justified absences are similar across all deciles but total absence is lower in high decile schools due to lower rates of unjustified absences.
Figure 2: Absence type by school decile [click image to enlarge]
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