Entitlement staffing overview
Entitlement staffing is made up of three components:
- Curriculum staffing
- Managment staffing
- Additional guidance staffing (for composite, restricted composite,
special and secondary schools only).
Entitlement staffing also drives the calculation of the following:
- Salary units
- MMAs (secondary and composite schools only)
- SMAs (secondary schools only).
Staffing provisions
School staffing is made up of a number of elements. The total regular
staffing allowance consists of entitlement staffing; and some or all
of the following:
- Special education staffing – Ongoing Resourcing Scheme (ORS) resourcing
- Additional staffing
- Staffing transfer(s)
- Teacher-specific staffing allowances
- Staffing for attached units or attached teachers.
Curriculum staffing
Curriculum staffing is calculated using student numbers at each year
of schooling.
For this calculation, the number of students at each year level is subdivided
into:
- the number of students, at each year level, being taught in Māori
for more than 12.5 hours per week (Māori-medium immersion levels one
and two)
- the remaining number of students, at each year level.
Note: This subdivision of year level rolls into Māori
immersion rolls and non-immersion rolls only applies to the first step
in the calculation of curriculum staffing. After this step, the total
roll at each year level is used in subsequent calculations.
Maximum Average Class Size (MACs)
The Maximum Average Class Size (MACs) policy operates on top of the
curriculum delivery formula and ensures that schools with fewer than
176 students will have curriculum staffing of at least one teacher to
every 25 students (1:25).
Curriculum staffing general information
The following table shows year level teacher: student ratios used to
calculate curriculum staffing for all schools.
| Year of schooling |
Māori Immersion Teacher: Student ratio |
Non-Māori Immersion Teacher: Student ratio |
| Year 1 |
1:15 |
1:15 |
| Year 2–3 |
1:18 |
1:23 |
| Year 4–8 |
1:18 |
1:29 |
| Year 9–10 |
1:20 |
1:23.5 |
| Year 11 |
1:20 |
1:23 |
| Year 12 |
1:18 |
1:18 |
| Year 13 or above |
1:17 |
1:17 |
What does curriculum staffing consist of?
Curriculum staffing consists of (if appropriate):
- Primary curriculum (FTTE) years 1-8
- Technology education (FTTE) years 7-8
- Secondary curriculum (FTTE) years 9-13+
- Curriculum based staffing (FTTE) years 9-13+.
The total of these are displayed on the staffing notice as 'Curriculum'.