Ongoing and Reviewable Resourcing Scheme (ORRS)

For information about special education in New Zealand, or ORRS and SHHNF applications please go to the main web page on the Ministry of Education web site.

 

Students Funded for ORRS 2002-2004

The tables below gives student numbers by category of need for the year in which they are funded through ORRS and displays student numbers and percentages by both gender and ‘needs’ :

Students numbers by category
2002	Very High Needs			High Needs
	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
	1105	760	1865	3452	2053	5505
2003	1113	746	1859	3417	2064	5481
2004	1099	746	1845	3353	2026	5379

Percentages by category
2002	Very High Needs		High Needs
	Male	Female	Male	Female
	59.2	40.8	62.7	37.3
2003	59.9	40.1	62.3	37.7
2004	59.6	40.4	62.3	37.7

 

Overall Gender Percentage
2002	Male	Female
	61.8	38.2
2003	61.7	38.3
2004	61.6	38.4

 

Students for ORRS 2002-2004, by Ethnic Group

Student numbers funded by ORRS
2002	Chinese	Cook Islands	Fijian	Indian	Niuen	NZ European	Māori	Other Asian	Other Groups	Other Pacific	Samoan	Tokelaun	Tongan	Unknown
	116	107	27	115	43	4581	1396	162	132	20	284	18	123	246
2003	126	103	28	134	41	4509	1395	182	140	20	278	14	123	247
2004	132	104	33	142	39	4357	1392	187	154	17	286	14	127	240

Student percentages funded by ORRS
2002	Chinese	Cook Islands	Fijian	Indian	Niuen	NZ European	Māori	Other Asian	Other Groups	Other Pacific	Samoan	Tokelaun	Tongan	Unknown
	1.6	1.5	0.4	1.6	0.6	62.2	18.9	2.2	1.8	0.3	3.9	0.2	1.7	3.3
2003	1.7	1.4	0.4	1.8	0.6	61.4	19	2.5	1.9	0.3	3.8	0.2	1.7	3.4
2004	1.8	1.4	0.5	2.0	0.5	60.3	19.3	2.6	2.1	0.2	4.0	0.2	1.8	3.3

Grouped ethnic percentages
2002	Asian	Pasifika	European	Māori	Other groups	Unknown
	5.3	8.4	62.2	18.9	1.8	3.3
2003	6.0	8.3	61.4	19	1.9	3.4
2004	6.4	8.6	60.3	19.3	2.1	3.3

ORRS Applications

Successful and Unsuccessful applications by gender (2004) :
Very High	Male	%	Female	%
	44	3.0	35	2.4
Reviewable Very High	52	3.5	21	1.4
High	206	13.9	128	8.6
Reviewable High	168	11.3	95	6.4
Unsuccessful	512	34.5	224	15.1
Totals	982	66.1	503	33.9

Orrs applications 2000 - 2004
Year	Total applications	Successful	Unsuccessful	% Successful	Notes
2000	2330	977	1353	41.9
2001	2329	1081	1248	46.4
2002	1596	841	755	52.7
2003	1559	711	848	45.6	Ex-3 yearly reviews*
2004	1485	749	736	50.4	Ex-3 yearly reviews*

* For 2003 and 2004 the apparent success rate is distorted due to the Reviewable (whose time was extended at 2001 following the initial trial of 1997) students extended period coming to an end.

Successful and unsuccessful applications by age/date of birth
D.O.B	No. of Apps	Successful	%	Unsuccessful	%
1982	1	1	100.0	0	0.0
1983	1	1	100.0	0	0.0
1984	3	2	66.7	1	33.3
1985	6	2	33.3	4	66.7
1986	7	6	85.7	1	14.3
1987	14	11	78.6	3	21.4
1988	68	17	25.0	51	75.0
1989	33	14	42.4	19	57.6
1990	30	10	33.3	20	66.7
1991	84	33	39.3	51	60.7
1992	58	17	29.3	41	70.7
1993	42	16	38.1	26	61.9
1994	51	11	21.6	40	78.4
1995	247	96	38.9	151	61.1
1996	83	34	41	49	59
1997	136	55	40.4	81	59.6
1998	352	223	63.4	129	36.6
1999	269	200	74.3	69	25.7

The success rate of applications for ORRS is increasing for the younger students entering the schools system for the first time and who have not been in previous schemes, nor the initial trial for the Ongoing or Reviewable Resourcing Scheme. See above table for supporting data.

ORRS Applications, by School / Decile

School Decile
Notation	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Others	Total
High	23	24	36	49	53	32	21	28	31	24	13	334
Out	37	60	82	78	81	51	61	57	53	59	117	736
Reviewable High	35	22	22	32	35	30	18	17	16	17	19	263
Reviewable Very High	4	10	8	15	9	6	4	9	3	1	4	73
Very High	4	9	15	12	9	9	3	3	6	2	7	79
Total	103	125	163	186	187	128	107	114	109	103	160	1485

Related Ministry Documents

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