Douglas County School District bus driver Brian Fitzgerald has been fired and is facing charges after the incident. Video / Douglas County School District

An extra 30,000 children are predicted to turn up in Auckland classrooms over the coming decade.

Parents are being warned that unimmunised children will have to stay away from school for up to two weeks if they come into contact with measles.

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

A blaze which "totalled" a block at Auckland's Glendowie Primary School is being investigated as an arson.

Much of an Auckland primary school was in ruins last night after an intense blaze which created a vast plume of smoke visible from many parts of the city.

Lynda Stuart says it's the first time she can recall the ministry using video to try to persuade teachers to accept a pay offer. Source - Facebook/

Six Dunedin schools are set to be merged or closed because of falling rolls, Anne Tolley says.

Two education researchers are supporting a boycott of the Government's mandatory national standards by 225 primary school boards.

Fabulously old-fashioned, galas are still an important date on the school calendar, writes Gill South.

Popular primary schools could turn away pupils' little brothers and sisters, as they are hit by the start of a new baby boom.