Annual ECE Summary Report 2005

NB: Please see the downloadable Glossary for a list of definitions in relation to the ECE terms that may be used throughout this report.

Summary

It includes statistics indicating the number of licensed services and licence-exempt ECE groups, number of enrollments, ethnicity of children enrolled and language of communication used by teaching staff. Statistics are also included on staff qualifications and New Zealand Teachers Council Registration Status.

To obtain data tables around licensed enrolments, teachers, number of services or average hours, please refer to the main ECE (Early Childhood Education) Statistics page.

Number of Early Childhood Education Services

As at 1 July 2005, both the number of licensed services and licence-exempt ECE groups increased from 2004.

The total number of ECE services at 1 July 2005, increased by 1.4 percent (62) from July 2004. Licensed services increased by 0.7 percent (24) and licence-exempt ECE groups increased by 4.5 percent (38) from July 2004.

• Of the 3,556 (excludes the Correspondence School and Casual-Education and Care) licensed services, 2,461 are community based. The remaining 1,095 are privately owned services.
• Education and Care account for 1,754 services of which 758 are community based and 996 are privately owned services.
• Homebased Networks account for 201 services. There are 102 community based services and 99 privately owned services.

From July 2001 to July 2005 the number of ECE services increased by 5.3 percent (223).
Refer Table 1.

 

The following is Table 1, titled - Number of Early Childhood Education Services (2001 - 2005)

Type of service	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Licensed Services
Kindergartens	603	606	609	614	618
Playcentres	503	492	482	481	482
Education and Care services	1,558	1,612	1,673	1,730	1,754
Homebased Network	184	194	190	192	201
Te Kőhanga Reo	562	545	526	513	501
Correspondence School	1	1	1	1	1
Casual Education and Care services	39	38	42	43	41
Sub-Total	3,450	3,488	3,523	3,574	3,598
Licence-Exempt ECE Groups
Playgroups	561	541	562	599	641
Pacific EC groups	127	133	121	113	106
Ngā Puna Kőhungahunga	20	24	32	43	49
Playcentres	31	28	30	32	31
Licence-Exempt Te Kőhanga Reo	24	14	12	13	11
Sub-Total	763	740	757	800	838
TOTAL	4,213	4,228	4,280	4,374	4,436

 

Enrolments in Early Childhood Education

As at 1 July 2005, there were 185,528 children enrolled in early childhood education, including licensed services and licence-exempt ECE groups, an increase of 0.6 percent (1,015) from July 2004. Refer Table 2.

The following is Table 2, titled : Enrolments in Early Childhood Education – Licensed Services and Licence-Exempt
Groups (2001 - 2005)

Type of service	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Licensed Services
Kindergarten	45,439	45,169	45,109	45,287	44,920
Playcentre	14,786	14,879	15,200	15,440	15,059
Education and Care services	73,192	76,246	78,967	81,096	83,889
Homebased Network	8,546	8,591	9,587	9,922	9,770
Te Kőhanga Reo	9,594	10,389	10,319	10,418	10,070
Correspondence School	947	913	991	922	813
Casual Education and Care services	…	…	…	…	…
Sub-Total	152,504	156,187	160,173	163,085	164,521
Licence-Exempt ECE Groups
Playgroups	15,457	15,002	16,250	17,744	18,042
Pacific EC groups	2,545	2,914	2,573	2,392	1,864
Ngā Puna Kőhungahunga	209	351	408	571	519
Playcentres	404	371	466	530	436
Licence-Exempt Te Kőhanga Reo	214	138	130	191	146
Sub-Total	18,829	18,776	19,827	21,428	21,007
TOTAL	171,333	174,963	180,000	184,513	185,528

… Not Applicable as Casual Education and Care services do not have regular enrolments

 

Licensed Services

As at 1 July 2005, there were 164,521 children enrolled in Licensed ECE services, a 0.9 percent (1,436) increase from July 2004. Kindergartens, Playcentres, Homebased Networks, Te Kőhanga Reo and the Correspondence School all had a decrease in enrolments this year while Education and Care services had a 3.4 percent (2,793) increase in enrolments.

Of the 83,889 enrolments in Education and Care services 43.5 percent (36,487) were in community based services and 56.5 percent (47,402) were in privately owned services.

There were 9,770 enrolments in Homebased Network services with 45.1 percent (4,403) in community based services and 54.9 percent (5,367) in privately owned services.

Licence-Exempt Groups

• As at 1 July 2005 , there were 21,007 children enrolled in licence-exempt ECE groups, a decrease of 2 percent (421) from July 2004.

Ethnicity of children enrolled in ECE

As at 1 July 2005, of the 185,528 enrolments in early childhood education, 68.6 percent (127,214) of children identified as European / Pākehā, 19.3 percent (35,756) were Māori, 6.4 percent (11,929) were Pasifika and 5.7 percent (10,629) were Asian.

From July 2004 there has been a 0.4 percent (460) increase in European/Pākehā enrolments, a 1.5 percent (525) increase in Māori, a 1.6 percent (166) increase in Asian and a 1.1 percent (133) decrease in Pasifika enrolments. See Table 3.

 

The following is Table 3, titled – Enrolments in Early Childhood Education by Ethnic Group (2004 - 2005)

Type of Service	Māori		Pasifika		Asian		European / Pākehā		TOTAL
	2004	2005	2004	2005	2004	2005	2004	2005	2004	2005
Licensed Services:
Kindergarten	7,885	7,933	3,305	3,443	3,733	3,628	30,364	29,916	45,287	44,920
Playcentre	1,979	1,922	329	276	462	483	12,670	12,378	15,440	15,059
Education and Care services	11,135	11,924	5,310	5,496	4,960	5,037	59,691	61,432	81,096	83,889
Homebased	1,314	1,352	214	208	248	239	8,146	7,971	9,922	9,770
Te Kőhanga Reo	10,409	10,062	5	8	0	0	4	0	10,418	10,070
Correspondence School	144	104	3	2	2	2	773	705	922	813
Casual Education and Care services	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…
Sub-Total	32,866	33,297	9,166	9,433	9,405	9,389	111,648	112,402	163,085	164,521
Licence-Exempt Groups:
Playgroups	1,597	1,729	566	686	1,029	1,221	14,552	14,407	17,744	18,042
Pacific EC groups	35	32	2,303	1,791	23	14	31	29	2,392	1,864
Ngā Puna Kőhungahunga	456	448	23	13	6	6	86	52	571	519
Playcentres	87	105	3	5	2	1	438	325	530	436
Licence-Exempt Te Kőhanga Reo	191	146							191	146
Sub-Total	2,366	2,459	2,895	2,496	1,060	1,240	15,107	14,812	21,428	21,007
TOTAL	35,232	35,756	12,061	11,927	10,465	10,629	126,755	127,216	184,513	185,528
Proportion of enrolments	19.1%	19.3%	6.5%	6.4%	5.7%	5.7%	68.7%	68.6%	100.0%	100.0%

… Not Applicable as Casual Education and Care services do not have regular enrolments

* Totals may not add due to rounding

 

Average Enrolled Hours

For licensed services, excluding Te Kőhanga Reo and the Correspondence School, the overall average number of enrolled hours per child per week as at 1 July 2005 was 16.6 hours, a 3.8 percent (0.6 hours) increase from July 2004.

 

The following is Table 4, titled : Average enrolled hours per child per week at licensed ECE services (2001 – 2005)

	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Average enrolled hours per child per week	14.3	14.8	15.2	16.0	16.6

 

Language of Communication used during teaching time

Māori Language

Māori was used as the medium of instruction for at least 12 percent of teaching contact time in 1,002 licensed services. Of these 1,002 services, 512 were immersion (81-100 percent of teaching contact time); 501 were Te Kőhanga Reo and 11 were Māori immersion services. This is a net decrease of 3.0 percent (16) services from July 2004 due to the drop in the number of Te Kőhanga Reo services.

The remaining 492 were identified as bilingual (12-80 percent of teaching contact time). The majority of these services were Education and Care with 368 services. This is an increase of 15 percent (64) services from July 2004.

Pasifika Language

Pasifika languages were used as the medium of instruction for at least 12 percent of teaching contact time in 114 licensed services. Of these 114 services, 56 were immersion (81-100 percent of teaching contact time) involving 1,644 children. 37 immersion services used Samoan as the language of communication, 12 Tongan, four Niuean and three Cook Island Māori.

The remaining 58 services were identified as bilingual (12-80 percent) involving 2,016 children. 33 bilingual services used Samoan language, 14 Cook Island Māori, four Tongan, three Niuean, three Tokelauan and one Fijian language.

The majority of these services were Education and Care with 106 services. This is a net decrease of 3.2 percent (3) from July 2004. Of the remaining eight services, six were Kindergartens and two were Playcentres.

Licensed Services (Teacher Led)

Staff Qualifications

Teacher led services include Education and Care services, Casual Education and Care services, Kindergartens, Homebased Networks and the Correspondence School.

Note: ‘Diploma of Teaching or higher ECE qualification’ is equivalent to the combined numbers of the first three categories shown in Table 5.

As at 1 July 2005, 54.2 percent (7,468) of teaching staff at licensed teacher led services held a Diploma of Teaching or higher ECE qualification. From July 2004, there was an 8.9 percent (611) increase of teaching staff at licensed teacher led services holding a Diploma of Teaching or higher ECE qualification.

Of the 7,468 teaching staff, 71.4 percent (5,333) were at Education and Care services, 22.9 percent (1,711) were at Kindergartens, 4.2 percent (319) were at Homebased services, 1 percent (76) were at Casual Education and Care services and 0.3 percent (29) was at the Correspondence School.

As at 1 July 2005, 46.4 percent (5,333) of teaching staff at Education and Care services held a Diploma of Teaching or higher ECE qualification. This is a 13.3 percent increase compared with 4,705 in July 2004.

 

The following is Table 5, titled : Number of teaching staff at licensed teacher led ECE services (2005)

Highest qualification held	Kindergarten		Education & Care		Casual Education & Care		Homebased Coordinator		Correspondence School		TOTAL
	Staff	%	Staff	%	Staff	%	Staff	%	Staff	%	Staff	%
Masters of Education or other post-graduate ECE qualification and an ECE Qualification approved by NZ Teachers Council (NZTC)	41	2.3	77	0.7	4	3.1	6	1.8	6	20.7	134	1.0
ECE teaching qualification approved by the NZTC. Eg. Bachelor, Diploma or Graduate Diploma	1,565	87.8	4,968	43.2	64	48.9	286	86.1	9	31.0	6,892	50.0
Another ECE qualification approved by the NZTC	105	5.9	288	2.5	8	6.1	27	8.1	14	48.3	442	3.2
Sub-Total - Diploma of Teaching or Higher ECE qualification	1,711	96.0	5,333	46.4	76	58.0	319	96.1	29	100.0	7,468	54.2
Masters of Education or other post-graduate ECE qualification but not an ECE Qualification approved by NZTC	1	0.1	24	0.2	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	25	0.2
Any other ECE qualification or certificate not approved by the NZTC, or holds licensing points	2	0.1	938	8.2	16	12.2	5	2.4	0	0.0	961	7.0
Does not have any ECE qualification	68	3.8	5,209	45.3	39	29.8	0	1.5	0	0.0	5,316	38.6
TOTAL	1,782	100	11,504	100	131	100	324	100	29	100	13,770	100

Note: Percentages may not total to 100 due to rounding.

 

NZ Teachers Council Registration Status

As at 1 July 2005 , NZ Teachers Council registration was held by 51.9 percent (7,159) of teaching staff at licensed teacher led services. In July 2004 37.3 percent (5,040) were registered. In 2005, new funding rates were implemented where centres with greater proportions of registered teaching hours receive higher rates. As such, much of the increase in the number of registered teachers seen here is likely due to centres encouraging their ECE qualified staff to become registered, as opposed to large increases in both qualified and registered teachers.

As at 1 July 2005, Education and Care services and Casual Education and Care services had 44 percent (5,128) registered teaching staff. From July 2004 there has been an increase of 66.2 percent (2,042) of registered teaching staff. As above, most of this increase is likely to be because of the new funding rates introduced for services with registered ECE teachers.

 

The following is Table 6, titled : NZ Teachers Council Registration Status at licensed teacher led ECE services (2005)

NZ Teachers Council Registration Status	TYPE OF SERVICE					Total
	Casual-Education and Care	Free Kinder-garten	Education & Care Service	Homebased Network	Corre-spondence School
Holders of a NZ Teachers Council (NZTC) practising certificate which is NZTC full registration	33	1,454	2,017	161	29	3,694
Holders of a NZTC practising certificate which is subject to NZTC confirmation	8	37	277	17		339
Holders of a NZTC practising certificate which is NZTC provisional	28	207	2,765	126		3,126
Sub-Total - NZ Teachers Council Registration	69	1,698	5,059	304	29	7,159
Non-holders of a NZTC practising cert. but have full NZTC registration	2	4	33			39
Limited Authority to Teach (LAT) issued by NZTC		14	64			78
Not a registered teacher	60	66	6,348	20		6,494
TOTAL	131	1,782	11,504	324	29	13,770

Excludes Playcentres, TKR, Reimbursed Caregivers/Homebased Workers and Licence-Exempt Groups

 

Staff Ethnicity

At licensed teacher led services there were 13,770 teaching staff as at 1 July 2005. Of these, 77.3 percent (10,647) were European/Pākehā, 8.4 percent (1,159) were Pasifika, 8.1 percent (1,120) were Māori and 6.1 percent (844) were Asian. 

Staff in Study

As at 1 July 2005, 22.9 percent (3,162) of teaching staff were studying toward ECE qualifications. Of these, 96.3 percent (3,048) were in study for ECE teacher education qualifications leading to NZ Teachers Council registration.

Playcentre Educators and Parents

Playcentres require adults who have Playcentre or other qualifications to be on duty in order to meet their licensing requirements.

Staff Qualifications

Of the 7,065 adults on duty, 5,476 were recorded as holding a Playcentre qualification and 1,589 as not holding a Playcentre qualification. Additionally, of the 7,065 adults on duty, 213 were recorded as holding a non-Playcentre ECE qualification.

Staff Ethnicity

Playcentres had 7,065 adults on duty at July 2005, a net decrease of 2.8 percent (203) from July 2004. Of these, 701 were paid adults and 6364 were unpaid adults designated to be on duty. Of the 701 paid adults designated to be on duty, 91 percent (638) were European/Pākehā, 6.7 percent (47) were Māori, 1.4 percent (10) were Asian and 0.9 percent (6) were Pasifika.

Staff in Study

As at 1 July 2005, there were 4,145 adults currently in study for ECE or Playcentre qualifications.

Iwi Affiliation of Children

Licensed services were asked to collect the Iwi affiliation from children who first enrolled at their service from January 2003. Note the following figures do not include children enrolled at Te Kőhanga Reo as Iwi data is not provided.

• At July 2004, the number of children for whom Iwi responses were provided was 18,847, with 17,181 being newly enrolled from January 2003. Of those who had enrolled since January 2003, the percentage providing a specific Iwi affiliation was 63 percent (10,858), with the remaining 37 percent (6,323) not providing an Iwi (Not providing an Iwi means their responses consisted of “Don’t know”, “ Refused to Answer”, “Response Unidentifiable”, “Response outside scope” and “Not Stated”.) .
• At July 2005, the number of children for whom Iwi responses were provided increased to 21,634, with 21,058 being newly enrolled from January 2003. Of those who had enrolled since January 2003, the percentage providing a specific Iwi affiliation had increased to 67.2 percent (14,154), with the remaining 32.8 percent (6,904) not providing an Iwi. This is a significant improvement in the response rate and quality of data.