Ongoing resourcing scheme (ORS)
Statistics on number of students involved with the Ongoing resourcing scheme (ORS).
Last Updated: March 2024
Overview
This page provides links to data on the number of students involved with the Ongoing Resourcing Scheme (ORS) as at 1 July each year.
The ORS provides learning support for a very small proportion of students whose level of need is ongoing at a severe or very severe level. These students are expected to remain at this level for the duration of their schooling. The ORS package of support is to help them join in and learn alongside other children at school.
Students verified into the ORS can remain at school until the end of the year in which they turn 21. A number of students exit the ORS at the end of each year as they finish their schooling.
As at 1 July 2023, there were 10,905 students receiving ORS funding. These students represented 1.3% of the total schooling population.
Boys made up 68.6% of students receiving ORS funding. There were 8,234 ORS students (75.5%) funded at High Need and 2,671 ORS students (24.5%) funded at Very High Need. There are no longer any students funded under the extension category of ORS, as they have all finished school.
Time Series Data
This spreadsheet provides the number of students for a range of dimensions (such as region, school authority, and ethnicity) across time in a simple, easy to use format.
Note: Use of this spreadsheet requires MS Excel version 2007 or later.
Note: In 2020 the source of ORS ethnicity data was changed to the Ministry’s ENROL system to improve data quality.
- Number of students by time series 2005-2023 [MS Excel 65kB]