Every term since Term 1 2024 has record higher attendance than the same term the year before. It’s a good run, thanks to the students who are showing up more often, Associate Education Minister David Seymour says. 

The Government is delivering a Writing Action Plan to supercharge writing achievement and better set Kiwi kids up for success.

New literacy and numeracy achievement data reinforces why the Government must continue to have a relentless focus on teaching the basics brilliantly, Education Minister Erica Stanford says. 

The Government is extremely disappointed the secondary school teachers’ union (PPTA) has chosen to walk out of classrooms after only six days of bargaining.

Associate Education Minister David Seymour has today announced two new sponsors have been contracted to open two new charter schools in Term 1 2026.  

It’s a privilege to speak with you today about the future of our national secondary qualification.

The Government is proposing to replace NCEA with new national qualifications that ensure young people have the knowledge and skills they need to succeed.

Associate Education Minister David Seymour has introduced new legislation to set out the purpose of regulating early childhood education (ECE) and announced that the Education Review Office (ERO) will be in charge, instead of the Ministry of Education.

The Government is ensuring more parents have choice with their child’s education, delivering a $30 million investment package to deliver roll growth classrooms across the state-integrated school network.

The Government will establish a new school property agency to help ensure Kiwi kids can learn in safe, warm and dry buildings.

The Government’s investing more than $120 million into building more classrooms in Auckland, so thousands more students can learn in safe, warm and dry environments.

The Government has put an end to building open-plan classrooms, ensuring all new classrooms are designed in a flexible way to ensure better student outcomes. 

Parents will know more about how their children are doing at school with the confirmation of a new assessment tool in Years 3-10 classrooms from 2026, the latest part of the Government’s plan to teach the basics brilliantly.

Thousands more high school students are passing the foundational literacy and numeracy assessments required for NCEA, clear evidence the Government’s relentless focus on the basics is delivering results, Education Minister Erica Stanford says.

The Government’s going for growth in international education, releasing its plan to double the sector’s economic contribution to $7.2 billion by 2034. 

Associate Education Minister David Seymour is pleased to see the Healthy School Lunch Programme Term 3 menu has received positive feedback from three quarters of students, and complaints have fallen by 92 per cent, while at the same time taxpayers are saving over $130 million.

Associate Education Minister David Seymour is pleased to see the Healthy School Lunch Programme Term 3 menu has received positive feedback from three quarters of students, and complaints have fallen by 92 per cent, while at the same time taxpayers are saving over $130 million.

The Government is enabling more tāmariki access to full immersion learning in safe, warm and dry classrooms.

The Government’s ensuring hundreds more students in Otago benefit from new, safe, warm and dry classrooms. A $27 million investment into new infrastructure will help make sure schools meet the needs of their communities and gets ahead of new growth.

The Government’s ensuring some of New Zealand’s most isolated schools get the pipeline of teachers they need to teach the basics brilliantly.