New Zealand students normally undertake secondary education from Years 9 - 13 which is roughly from the age of 13 to 18. Schooling is compulsory until the student reaches his/her 16th birthday. High Schools are also sometimes referred to as colleges in local parlance. New Zealand students graduate from high schools with the NCEA qualification which is government supported.
New Zealand High School List
There are three types of
school: state, private (or registered or independent) and state
integrated schools. State and state integrated schools are government
funded. Private schools receive about 25% of their funding from the
government [1], and rely on tuition fees for the rest. State integrated
schools are former private schools which are now "integrated" into the
state system under the Private Schools Conditional Integration Act 1975
[2] "on a basis which will preserve and safeguard the special character
of the education provided by them". According to Independent Schools New
Zealand, an advocacy group for private schools, about 86% of all
school-aged children attend state schools, 10% attend state integrated
schools and 4% attend private schools [3].
Many private schools, state area schools and state integrated schools
take students from Years 0 to 13, or Years 7 to 13
Secondary school qualifications
Read the New Zealand Qualification Authority's description of NCEA, or find out more from the NCEA website.
