Secondary education

Secondary school is the second level of compulsory education in New Zealand. Secondary schools generally accommodate students from year 9 to year 13, and offer three levels of the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) qualification. School education is compulsory until age 16.

Reports and articles

  • School Leavers with No Qualifications
    Each year up to 10,000 young people in New Zealand leave school with little or no formal qualifications. This report looks at what paths these people take.

Activities

  • Schools Corner
    This section of the Statistics New Zealand website is designed for teachers of both primary and secondary school level students.
  • New Zealand Income Survey Super SURF 
    The New Zealand Income Survey (NZIS) Super SURF is a set of 100 synthetic unit-record files (SURFs) based on data from the NZIS: June 2003 quarter

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