Results of review close for schools

Pirinoa, Mauriceville and Fernridge Schools have challenged the increase in their decile ranking - in Fernridge's case, from four to seven.

Wairarapa schools chasing a decile review will be told the review results in the next 10 days, says the Ministry of Education.

Pirinoa, Mauriceville and Fernridge Schools have challenged the increase in their decile ranking - in Fernridge's case, from four to seven.

The change, which is supposed to reflect the socio-economic conditions of a school's catchment, will hit schools' funding if the decile ranking is increased.

The three schools are among 160 challenging the change in rankings.

Deputy Secretary for Student Achievement, Dr Graham Stoop, said the information was based on information from the 2013 Census.

"That recalculation ... saw about a third of schools go up in decile, a third go down, and the rest were unchanged," he said.

"That's very similar to what happened when it was done in 2007."

He said the ministry knows primary schools with small rolls are more susceptible to changes in their community.

"It's also important for schools to understand that we recognise that circumstances can continue to change. There's another review opportunity later this year if any school is in that situation as well as further annual reviews."

Dr Stoop says the 85 schools to receive additional funding because of the lowering of their decile rating have not been disadvantaged because their increased funding will be backdated.

"For schools whose deciles went up as part of last year's decile review the Government has made around $8 million in transitional funding available over 18 months to help them adjust to new funding levels."