Terms and Definitions

General Terms

Iwi

The Iwi listed are those found in the Statistics NZ Standard Classification of Iwi. (Iwi Codes | Education Counts) Iwi affiliation is collected when ākonga enrol at school and may be updated over time. Ākonga are counted in all Iwi they have recorded up to the date the data is reported. For example, an ākonga who has Te Aupōuri recorded in 2015, and Ngāti Kahu in 2019 will be counted as Te Aupōuri from 2015 -2018, and Te Aupōuri and Ngāti Kahu from 2019.

Iwi Partner

Names prefixed with “Partner_” are Iwi or Māori groupings the Ministry is working with or has worked with recently. Partners may be a single or multiple Iwi. The Iwi Partner determined which Iwi code/codes are used. Where a partnership is made up of multiple Iwi, ākonga who affiliate to more than one Iwi in the partnership are only counted once with that partnership.

Rohe

The Rohe is based on “Schools of Interest” and have been provided by each of the Partners. “Schools of interest” are mostly schools within their boundary but may also include schools just outside their boundary which they know their ākonga travel to. Examples of why schools outside the boundary might be included are when Māori medium or secondary education is limited or non-existent within an Iwi boundary.

Total Māori

Ākonga who have Māori as one of their ethnic groups (or their only ethnic group) at the time the data is reported.

New Zealand Total

All ākonga who affiliate with a particular Iwi or Partner in New Zealand, regardless of their ethnic identity.

Summary Stastistics Tabs

Prior participation in early learning

Data source: Ministry of Education: ENROL

Prior participation shows how many children have regularly attended early learning in the six months prior to starting school. This measure is based on the number of children who started school between 1 July and 30 June each year. For example, ‘June 2020’ refers to those children who started school between 1 July 2019 and 30 June 2020.

School enrolment

Data source: Ministry of Education: July Roll Return

This shows the distribution of affiliated ākonga throughout New Zealand in primary and secondary schooling. This measure is based on the school in which ākonga are enrolled in as at 1 July 2020.

Distribution of ākonga by schooling year level

Data source: July Roll Return

This shows the distribution of affiliated ākonga in primary and secondary schooling by funding year level. Funding year level relates to the number of years of schooling a student has received. The funding year level for most students is based on the date they first started school. It is independent of the way schools are organised and independent of the particular programme of study that a student may undertake.

Participation in Māori language learning

Data source: Ministry of Education: July Roll Return

Māori language learning describes students being taught at different levels of Māori instruction. Each level is defined by the proportion of time the student is taught using te reo Māori. In this tool Māori language learning is grouped into 3 different Māori language in education categories:

• Māori medium: students are taught all or some curriculum subjects in the Māori language for at least 51% of the time (Māori immersion language levels 1-2)
• Māori language in English medium: is where students are learning te reo Māori as a language subject, or taught curriculum subjects in the Māori language for up to 50% of the time (Māori language immersion levels 3-5)
• No Māori Language in Education: students are either involved in Māori language immersion Level 6 – Taha Māori (simple words, greetings or songs in Māori) or not recorded as receiving Māori language immersion at any level.

Highest attainment of school leavers

Data source: Ministry of Education: School leavers

School leavers is our main measure of secondary student attainment. This is a comprehensive measure. It focuses on a distinct point of time in every student’s schooling life, namely when they finish school. As such this measure in theory captures all students.

The key measure of school leavers is highest attainment, that is, the highest qualification attained by the student prior to leaving school. While most students in New Zealand sit NCEA; school leaver data also includes the attainment of students using other assessments including, Cambridge International Assessment, and International Baccalaureate.

Students that have finished their schooling are identified through ENROL. The majority of the highest attainment information of students comes from the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) who look after NCEA. Attainment information from other types of assessment, such as Cambridge International Assessment, and International Baccalaureate, are provided directly by the school.

School leaver destinations

Data source: Ministry of Education: School leavers

School leavers are students that permanently left school to enter the workforce and/or undertake further education and training outside of the compulsory schooling system from 1 March for given year to the last day of February the following year (inclusive).

The statistics displayed here relate to school leavers who went on to enrol in tertiary education within one year of leaving school.

This measure is constructed from a matched database of school enrolment records (ENROL), student achievement data from the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) and tertiary enrolments in formal provider-based study, industry training and targeted training programmes.

Data Sources

ENROL

ENROL is a national register of student enrolments. ENROL lets a school update enrolments as students enrol, change schools or leave the school system. All schools must use ENROL.

July Roll Return

The Ministry of Education carries out statistical collections (roll returns) from New Zealand schools four times per year. School roll information is core information required for managing the education system and is used to fund and staff schools, support policy analysis, monitor the results of the education system and for national and international reporting.

The data reported here is based on the 1 July roll return since it provides detailed information on age and ethnicity for trend analysis. The key measure of the July roll returns is a head count of students.

School leavers

The school leavers dataset is constructed from a matched database of school enrolment records (ENROL), student achievement data from the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) and tertiary enrolments in formal provider-based study, industry training and targeted training programmes.

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