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Collection forms and guidelines

The Ministry of Education maintains the following databases that are updated regularly that include contact details, institution information and regional information.

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    Code sets & classifications

    Larger code sets used by the various Ministry of Education data collections. Smaller code sets are contained within the Guidelines on Education Counts…

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    Collection forms

    Forms used for the regular administrative data collections and national surveys carried out by the Ministry of Education.

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    Guidelines

    Guidelines to help with the collection and use of data.

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    School enrolment zones

    School enrolment scheme home zones are available to download in MAPINFO format in NZTM coordinate system.

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    School SMS roll returns 2026

    The approvals given here are specific to the school roll returns functionality.

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    SMS vendors

    This is the main page for vendors of student management systems (SMS) with regard to school roll returns, that is, the collection of student data from…

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    Terms and acronyms used on Education Counts.

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Data collections

The Ministry of Education maintains the following databases that are updated regularly that include contact details, institution information and regional information.

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    International data collections

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    National data collections

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