Schools' Plans For Literacy, Numeracy, And Staff
Schools' Plans For Literacy, Numeracy, And Extra Staff
Literacy and numeracy initiatives and extra staffing are the most popular use of the extra money made available to schools through the redistribution of bulk funding.
Education Minister Trevor Mallard said a survey of schools released today showed that more than half the schools that received extra funding through the end of bulk funding would spend some of that money on nearly $10 million of numeracy and literacy initiatives.
"I'm thrilled that so many schools have chosen to use this money on these really important basic skills," Trevor Mallard said.
"Extra staffing and ways to reduce workload are also popular with more than a thousand schools planning to spend nearly $26 million in these areas. Other uses of the money include special needs, ICT, and professional development.
"These are all areas that will have a positive impact on the quality of learning in our schools.
"More than $100 million of money previously only available to bulk funded schools was redistributed to all schools using a fair and equitable system. On top of that schools received an increase in their operation grants. That means that about $60 million extra is going directly into schools this year compared to last year.
"This report back process shows that schools are using that money well to improve their children's learning outcomes.
"Schools were notified of extra funding in August last year and were asked to report back as to what they planned to do with the extra funds.
"For some schools, it was a massive jump in funding and I wanted to encourage boards of trustees to plan carefully how they would use that money to improve the education in their schools," Trevor Mallard said.
Resourcing for the Future:
Schools' spending
plans
Expenditure Count of schools using
initiative Average expenditure/school Average
expenditure/student Percent of total on this
initiative
Student Needs
Initiative $2,555,628 118 $21,658 $78 3.2%
Numeracy and
Literacy $9,908,373 1,212 $8,175 $34 12.3%
Enrich
Curriculum $3,925,090 683 $5,747 $22 4.9%
Special
Needs $7,384,073 1,029 $7,176 $28 9.2%
Maori
Students $3,511,706 574 $6,118 $20 4.4%
Pacific
Island $1,021,818 144 $7,096 $17 1.3%
ICT $8,419,466 966 $8,716 $31 10.4%
Resources
outside classroom $924,581 254 $3,640 $14 1.1%
Teacher
Quality $808,889 69 $11,723 $42 1.0%
Reduce
Workload $2,994,995 388 $7,719 $26 3.7%
Extra
Staffing $22,935,820 1,087 $21,100 $73 28.4%
Professional
Development $4,360,063 913 $4,776 $19 5.4%
Recognition
Payments $1,259,302 247 $5,098 $14 1.6%
School and
Community Initiatives $710,432 60 $11,841 $42 0.9%
School
& Community
Liason $1,295,420 281 $4,610 $16 1.6%
Principal or Board
Development $822,887 372 $2,212 $11 1.0%
Professional
Administration
Assistance $1,017,026 330 $3,082 $12 1.3%
Property
Development $5,151,599 614 $8,390 $30 6.4%
Investment $1,652,316 150 $11,015 $35 2.0%
Totals $80,659,483 100.0%
Total # of schools providing initiative specific information 2088
Total # of schools (incl
schools not required to provide initiative specific
information) 2617
Redistribution
total $103,000,000(apprx)
Note: 2617 schools
returned planning forms to the Ministry of Education.
However, schools that were to receive less than an increase
of 5% of operational funding, including the loss of their
bulk funding premium, were not required to provide
initiative specific information. There were 529 such
schools and their share of the bulk funding redistribution
money was about $23 million
Resourcing for the
Future: Auckland MoE
Region schools' spending
plans
Expenditure Count of schools using
initiative Average expenditure/school Average
expenditure/student Percent of total on this
initiative
Student Needs
Initiative $1,058,772 34 $31,140 $99 3.5%
Numeracy and
Literacy $3,652,925 279 $13,093 $39 12.0%
Enrich
Curriculum $1,383,499 164 $8,436 $25 4.6%
Special
Needs $2,238,042 229 $9,773 $29 7.4%
Maori
Students $1,396,658 151 $9,249 $26 4.6%
Pacific
Island $672,342 70 $9,605 $21 2.2%
ICT $3,282,021 254 $12,921 $37 10.8%
Resources
outside classroom $288,926 63 $4,586 $15 1.0%
Teacher
Quality $294,151 22 $13,371 $44 1.0%
Reduce
Workload $1,117,902 99 $11,292 $29 3.7%
Extra
Staffing $9,042,428 274 $33,002 $88 29.8%
Professional
Development $1,745,675 218 $8,008 $24 5.7%
Recognition
Payments $560,255 82 $6,832 $15 1.8%
School and Community
Initiatives $265,409 23 $11,540 $33 0.9%
School &
Community Liason $669,944 82 $8,170 $22 2.2%
Principal or
Board
Development $232,137 76 $3,054 $12 0.8%
Professional
Administration
Assistance $270,336 71 $3,808 $12 0.9%
Property
Development $1,615,215 148 $10,914 $33 5.3%
Investment $590,072 40 $14,752 $39 1.9%
Totals $30,376,709 100.0%
Total # of schools providing initiative specific information 644
Total # of schools (incl
schools not required to provide initiative specific
information) 168
Note: Nationwide, 2617 schools returned planning forms to the Ministry of Education. However, schools that were to receive less than an increase of 5% of operational funding, including the loss of their bulk funding premium, were not required to provide initiative specific information. There were 529 such schools and their share of the bulk funding redistribution money was about $23 million
Resourcing for the Future: Hamilton MoE Region schools' spending plans
Expenditure Count of schools using
initiative Average expenditure/school Average
expenditure/student Percent of total on this
initiative
Student Needs
Initiative $393,123 23 $17,092 $70 2.9%
Numeracy and
Literacy $1,539,064 213 $7,226 $31 11.5%
Enrich
Curriculum $597,218 105 $5,688 $21 4.4%
Special
Needs $1,343,739 183 $7,343 $29 10.0%
Maori
Students $681,726 116 $5,877 $21 5.1%
Pacific
Island $32,606 9 $3,623 $7 0.2%
ICT $1,318,289 168 $7,847 $33 9.8%
Resources
outside classroom $140,835 38 $3,706 $15 1.0%
Teacher
Quality $133,903 17 $7,877 $29 1.0%
Reduce
Workload $399,172 65 $6,141 $21 3.0%
Extra
Staffing $4,298,904 196 $21,933 $84 32.0%
Professional
Development $609,792 159 $3,835 $17 4.5%
Recognition
Payments $234,366 39 $6,009 $16 1.7%
School and Community
Initiatives $79,241 10 $7,924 $26 0.6%
School & Community
Liason $189,372 51 $3,713 $13 1.4%
Principal or Board
Development $157,277 81 $1,942 $10 1.2%
Professional
Administration
Assistance $198,150 71 $2,791 $11 1.5%
Property
Development $880,839 101 $8,721 $36 6.6%
Investment $205,666 22 $9,348 $28 1.5%
Totals $13,433,281 100.0%
Total # of schools providing initiative specific information 462
Total # of schools (incl
schools not required to provide initiative specific
information) 106
Note: Nationwide, 2617 schools returned planning forms to the Ministry of Education. However, schools that were to receive less than an increase of 5% of operational funding, including the loss of their bulk funding premium, were not required to provide initiative specific information. There were 529 such schools and their share of the bulk funding redistribution money was about $23 million
Resourcing for the
Future: Wanganui MoE
Region schools' spending
plans
Expenditure Count of schools using
initiative Average expenditure/school Average
expenditure/student Percent of total on this
initiative
Student Needs
Initiative $82,114 9 $9,124 $54 1.3%
Numeracy and
Literacy $1,010,356 158 $6,395 $38 16.2%
Enrich
Curriculum $327,624 76 $4,311 $21 5.2%
Special
Needs $737,679 131 $5,631 $27 11.8%
Maori
Students $289,350 66 $4,384 $18 4.6%
Pacific
Island $13,509 9 $1,501 $5 0.2%
ICT $669,840 107 $6,260 $28 10.7%
Resources
outside classroom $57,030 33 $1,728 $13 0.9%
Teacher
Quality $29,966 4 $7,492 $28 0.5%
Reduce
Workload $229,532 45 $5,101 $23 3.7%
Extra
Staffing $1,705,894 118 $14,457 $58 27.3%
Professional
Development $402,435 115 $3,499 $20 6.4%
Recognition
Payments $82,818 24 $3,451 $11 1.3%
School and Community
Initiatives $1,232 1 $1,232 $32 0.0%
School & Community
Liason $64,342 27 $2,383 $11 1.0%
Principal or Board
Development $70,160 54 $1,299 $8 1.1%
Professional
Administration
Assistance $91,880 50 $1,838 $10 1.5%
Property
Development $320,903 62 $5,176 $27 5.1%
Investment $56,903 14 $4,064 $26 0.9%
Totals $6,243,566 100.0%
Total # of schools providing initiative specific information 293
Total # of schools (incl
schools not required to provide initiative specific
information) 51
Note: Nationwide, 2617 schools returned planning forms to the Ministry of Education. However, schools that were to receive less than an increase of 5% of operational funding, including the loss of their bulk funding premium, were not required to provide initiative specific information. There were 529 such schools and their share of the bulk funding redistribution money was about $23 million
Resourcing for the
Future: Lower
Hutt MoE region schools' spending
plans
Expenditure Count of schools using
initiative Average expenditure/school Average
expenditure/student Percent of total on this
initiative
Student Needs
Initiative $512,888 22 $23,313 $79 3.4%
Numeracy and
Literacy $1,680,055 219 $7,671 $34 11.3%
Enrich
Curriculum $691,756 129 $5,362 $19 4.6%
Special
Needs $1,414,856 192 $7,369 $29 9.5%
Maori
Students $724,018 128 $5,656 $19 4.9%
Pacific
Island $231,960 36 $6,443 $19 1.6%
ICT $1,583,128 186 $8,511 $30 10.6%
Resources
outside classroom $259,853 50 $5,197 $15 1.7%
Teacher
Quality $138,200 8 $17,275 $47 0.9%
Reduce
Workload $515,707 68 $7,584 $26 3.5%
Extra
Staffing $4,036,436 207 $19,500 $65 27.1%
Professional
Development $789,831 183 $4,316 $17 5.3%
Recognition
Payments $226,853 49 $4,630 $12 1.5%
School and Community
Initiatives $43,905 8 $5,488 $31 0.3%
School & Community
Liason $243,785 62 $3,932 $13 1.6%
Principal or Board
Development $214,955 74 $2,905 $15 1.4%
Professional
Administration
Assistance $249,645 58 $4,304 $15 1.7%
Property
Development $1,036,679 124 $8,360 $29 6.9%
Investment $323,476 31 $10,435 $34 2.2%
Totals $14,917,985 100.0%
Total # of schools providing initiative specific information 495
Total # of schools (incl
schools not required to provide initiative specific
information) 96
Note: Nationwide, 2617 schools returned planning forms to the Ministry of Education. However, schools that were to receive less than an increase of 5% of operational funding, including the loss of their bulk funding premium, were not required to provide initiative specific information. There were 529 such schools and their share of the bulk funding redistribution money was about $23 million
Resourcing for the
Future: Christchurch MoE
region schools' spending
plans
Expenditure Count of schools using
initiative Average expenditure/school Average
expenditure/student Percent of total on this
initiative
Student Needs
Initiative $410,276 21 $19,537 $58 3.7%
Numeracy and
Literacy $1,405,757 209 $6,726 $29 12.8%
Enrich
Curriculum $640,185 139 $4,606 $20 5.8%
Special
Needs $1,155,167 185 $6,244 $25 10.5%
Maori
Students $314,956 76 $4,144 $14 2.9%
Pacific
Island $64,044 17 $3,767 $10 0.6%
ICT $1,231,626 171 $7,202 $25 11.2%
Resources
outside classroom $108,667 43 $2,527 $12 1.0%
Teacher
Quality $174,422 11 $15,857 $56 1.6%
Reduce
Workload $437,371 66 $6,627 $22 4.0%
Extra
Staffing $2,371,002 179 $13,246 $48 21.6%
Professional
Development $563,312 158 $3,565 $15 5.1%
Recognition
Payments $106,160 35 $3,033 $11 1.0%
School and Community
Initiatives $293,695 12 $24,475 $81 2.7%
School &
Community Liason $101,157 41 $2,467 $10 0.9%
Principal or
Board
Development $112,564 61 $1,845 $10 1.0%
Professional
Administration
Assistance $156,897 60 $2,615 $11 1.4%
Property
Development $953,394 130 $7,334 $26 8.7%
Investment $377,123 31 $12,165 $34 3.4%
Totals $10,977,774 100.0%
Total # of schools providing initiative specific information 443
Total # of schools (incl
schools not required to provide initiative specific
information) 67
Note: Nationwide, 2617 schools returned planning forms to the Ministry of Education. However, schools that were to receive less than an increase of 5% of operational funding, including the loss of their bulk funding premium, were not required to provide initiative specific information. There were 529 such schools and their share of the bulk funding redistribution money was about $23 million
Resourcing for the
Future: Dunedin
MoE region schools' spending
plans
Expenditure Count of schools using
initiative Average expenditure/school Average
expenditure/student Percent of total on this
initiative
Student Needs
Initiative $98,455 9 $10,939 $84 2.1%
Numeracy and
Literacy $620,217 134 $4,628 $30 13.2%
Enrich
Curriculum $284,808 70 $4,069 $23 6.0%
Special
Needs $494,591 109 $4,538 $26 10.5%
Maori
Students $104,999 37 $2,838 $11 2.2%
Pacific
Island $7,358 3 $2,453 $4 0.2%
ICT $334,562 80 $4,182 $20 7.1%
Resources
outside classroom $69,269 27 $2,566 $18 1.5%
Teacher
Quality $38,247 7 $5,464 $43 0.8%
Reduce
Workload $295,311 45 $6,562 $32 6.3%
Extra
Staffing $1,481,156 113 $13,108 $68 31.4%
Professional
Development $249,018 80 $3,113 $17 5.3%
Recognition
Payments $48,850 18 $2,714 $12 1.0%
School and Community
Initiatives $26,949 6 $4,492 $35 0.6%
School & Community
Liason $26,820 18 $1,490 $7 0.6%
Principal or Board
Development $35,794 26 $1,377 $11 0.8%
Professional
Administration
Assistance $50,119 20 $2,506 $10 1.1%
Property
Development $344,568 49 $7,032 $32 7.3%
Investment $99,076 12 $8,256 $41 2.1%
Totals $4,710,168 100.0%
Total # of schools providing initiative specific information 280
Total # of schools (incl
schools not required to provide initiative specific
information) 41
Note: Nationwide, 2617 schools returned planning forms to the Ministry of Education. However, schools that were to receive less than an increase of 5% of operational funding, including the loss of their bulk funding premium, were not required to provide initiative specific information. There were 529 such schools and their share of the bulk funding redistribution money was about $23 million