Challenging the decile ratings
More than 150 schools nationwide have challenged their new decile ratings - controversially announced by the Government last November.
More than 150 schools nationwide have challenged their new decile ratings - controversially announced by the Government last November.
The new deciles released yesterday are at the heart of the New Zealand education system, but what do they actually mean in terms of funding?
Principals say it's "party time" in many Auckland schools because the city's housing shortage has bumped about half the region's schools down the decile ratings.
The school funding system should be reviewed after enrolment figures showed a growing divide between rich and poor, a leading principal says.
Herald interactive on school deciles confirmation of growing socio-economic divide in this country and that "poverty" is a real rather than imagined issue.
Parents tell their views on school choice after we reveal the number of Pakeha children in schools in poorer communities has halved since mid-1990s.
As New Zealand schools await for another decile review post 2013 census - we explore different data sets related to the decile system.