LEAVERS data covering all NZ high schools.
I have just completed the annual data process I do that covers the LEAVERS data for every high school – as well as data aggregates. The raw data becomes available from Education Counts (a part of the Ministry of Education) in August. School leavers are those that leave a school during or at the end of the school year – from any level – and do not enrol in another school. It is a far more accurate indicator set than the cohort (Year Level) data that comes out in February.
I have made some significant improvements to the process from previous years. Please see the listings of the Excel sheets below.
Key Uses:
– Schools use the data for Reporting to BoT, Staff, Parents & Community.
– Schools use the data information for Goal setting and planning.
– Schools use the data for improved professional development contact between schools through seeing examples of positive change. Some school principals have based sabbaticals around the data showing clear examples of remarkable achievement/improvement.
– Schools, education interested organisations, politicians, researchers, media, parents use the data for improved individual and collective understanding of the NZ High-School system at this time of rapid change.
The seventeen sheets cover:
1. Base data by School Number
2. Base data by EQI
3. Listed by Size
4. Listed by L2 NCEA for leavers 2022 – 2025
5. Listed by L3 NCEA for leavers 2020 – 2025
6. Listed by UE for leavers 2018 – 2025
7. Listed by L3 NCEA to UE for leavers gap – 2028 – 2025
8. Listed by student retention until 17yo 2018 – 2025
9. Listed by Progression to L7+ degree study 2019 – 2024
10. Listed by UE results in EQI 10ths – 2021 – 2025
11. Listed by UE results with EQI coded – 2021 – 2025 (highlighted those doing well from higher EQI situations)
12. STATE only: Listed by UE results with EQI coded – 2021 – 2025
13. National Measures – Attendance & UE Means by EQI 10ths (2022 – 2025)
14. Broad Sector Measures – Overall, Ethnicity, Gender, School Governance, School Type, Geographical Area.
15. Boys’ School Groups (Super 8, South Island) – UE and Retention 2024 – 2025.
16. UE Data for 59 Impressive Improvers – 2023 – 2025.
17. Data Summary and Goal Setting Sheet for Schools to Use.
If you order the data for professional use I will send it immediately (with an invoice that can be paid in your payments cycle). The cost is $400+ GST.
For private use – a donation is a good thing – in recognition of the work and value.
In the next couple of weeks, I will detail some of the interesting aspects – for example – the huge improvements over the last three years from schools such as Auckland Girls Grammar, St Catherines (Kilbirnie), St. Paul’s Ponsonby, McAuley High School, etc.
Alwyn Poole
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