ECE Statistics

Staffing

Statistics on staffing in the early childhood education sector, including tables on numbers and characteristics of teachers.

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Teachers in Early Childhood Education

The following measures are included in this indicator report:

• Proportion of qualified early childhood education teaching staff
• Proportion of registered early childhood education teaching staff
• Teacher-to-child-ratio

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ECE Publications

Early Childhood Education Workforce

Search ECE publications for a range of research publications looking at different aspects of early childhood education workforce.

Schooling Statistics

Teacher Numbers

Teacher numbers measure the number of teachers by standard breakdowns, for example, age, gender, sector, school type. Headcount and full-time teacher equivalents (FTTE) are available.

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Entering and Leaving Teaching

These data look at teachers who move into or out of our teaching workforce each year:

• Entry rates: look at those teachers who were not teaching in one year, and were teaching in the next
• Leaving rates: look at those teachers who were teaching in one year, and were not teaching in the next.

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Teacher Turnover

Teacher turnover looks at the rate at which teachers are starting and leaving schools. Turnover is broken down into three components:

• Moving School: Teachers who move to a position at another school.
• Moving to Day Relief: Teachers who move to day relief.

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Schooling Publications

Schooling Workforce

A collection of research reports on teachers/kaiako, principals, teacher aides and other school professionals. Includes research on specific programmes, such as Teacher Led Innovation Fund (TILF), Teach First NZ, and Incredible Years Teaching (IYT):

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Also includes Teaching in New Zealand our teacher related findings from international studies.

Teacher Demand and Supply Tool

The Ministry has designed a Teacher Demand and Supply Planning Tool which estimates the number of teachers required by schools in the future, and compares this with an estimate of how many teachers are expected to be employed by schools.

Tertiary Statistics

Initial Teacher Education

These initial teacher education (ITE) statistics give an overview of trends in the number of students enrolling in and completing qualifications that may lead to registration as a teacher.

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Human Resources

An overview of the structure of the tertiary education workforce.

Tertiary Publications

Tertiary System

A collection of research reports on adademic and non-academic staff in tertiary education.