Education Minister Anne Tolley is backing Auckland Grammar's headmaster - despite his NCEA rebellion.

Auckland Grammar met with officials today following the school's decision to offer Cambridge examinations instead of the national NCEA qualification this year.

Ministry of Education officials and Auckland Grammar will today discuss the school's decision to offer Cambridge examinations instead of the national qualification, NCEA, this year.

Thousands of New Zealand parents are going back to school to learn how to be better parents - but experts still do not know if the multiple programmes are reaching the parents who most need them.

Auckland Grammar is defying the Government by becoming the first state school to dump NCEA at the Year 11 level. Other schools may follow suit if the move goes smoothly.

Owners and management of Te Aute College have taken the rare step of seeking a Commissioner to help save the historic Hawke's Bay school from extinction after 156 years as a stalwart of Maori education in New Zealand.

The Ministry of Education has stepped in make sure an Auckland primary school, torched by arsonists on Friday, can reopen on time.

Unprecedented numbers of small babies are in the care of unqualified home-based carers.

English confident of return to surplus, but spending limits will have to stay.

The Ministry of Education and the primary teachers and principals' union have reached an agreement on collective contracts.

There were four mistakes in this year's secondary school exam papers despite "robust" checks.

The parents of tens of thousands of preschoolers can expect to start paying more for early childhood care next year.