Education in New Zealand

In this section

Enrolment of students living unlawfully in New Zealand

This important information is for a parent who is in New Zealand unlawfully and who is thinking about enrolling their child as a domestic student in a New Zealand state school.

The New Zealand education system

Learn more about how our education system is structured

Early childhood education

There’s a wide range of quality early childhood education (ECE) services catering for the different needs of families/whānau and most children participate in some form of early childhood education

Schools in New Zealand

General information about the types of schools in New Zealand, including decile rates, year levels, attendance, registration and more

The National Curriculum

Teaching in schools is guided by the National Curriculum which is made up of two documents - The New Zealand Curriculum for English-medium schools and Te Marautanga o Aotearoa for Māori-medium schools