This report is designed to provide a picture that will help school leaders and other sector representatives to understand patterns of attendance in New Zealand schools, and how these can effect achievement.
Key Results
- For Year 11 students in 2015, there is a positive relationship between attending school and the probability of achieving NCEA level 1.
- The percentage of students attending school regularly (defined in this report as more than 90 percent of half-days) increased in Term 2, 2015 compared to Term 2, 2014
- Year 6 students had the highest level of regular school attendance. While Year 13 students had the lowest.
- Māori students had the lowest levels of regular school attendance. However, the rate has been increasing for the last two years. Asian students had the highest levels of regular school attendance.
- A higher proportion of primary and intermediate school students attend regularly than students at secondary schools.
- The proportion of students attending regularly increases as school decile increases.
- School attendance slowly declined over the course of Term 2. From 93.2% half-days attended in the first week of Term 2, to 87.8% in the last week.
- Unjustified absences increased noticeably in the middle and end of Term 2. In 2015 holidays during term time were captured separately for the first time and recorded as an unjustifiable absence.