Te reo Maori is finding a home in one of the country’s most prestigious schools, with King's College making it a compulsory subject for all Year Nine students.

The father of a schoolgirl sent to South Africa after she was bullied at Howick College says the school is in denial if it thinks hers is an isolated case.

A teen has been sent to South Africa to finish her school year after claims she was bullied so badly at Howick College she was too scared to go to class.

There is no new money to offer teachers a bigger pay increase unless they wanted to burden their students with a future of paying off national debt, says Prime Minister John Key.

More than 120,000 students will be asked to stay at home for a day this week after the teachers' union rejected what the Ministry of Education says is an 'excellent' pay offer.

As teachers reject the Govt's latest pay offer, the Education Minister says they simply don't have the kind of money being asked for.

A new national service looks ready to start next year to make sure every 16 or 17-year-old ends up in work or training after leaving school.

Fraser High School principal Virginia Crawford angers with truant speech. / Youtube

Columnist Kerre Woodham finds herself in two minds about the teachers' strike.

Michele Hewitson speaks to the man at the helm of Auckland's most traditional private school for boys, King's College.