Alwyn Poole
Began teaching in 1991. TBC, HBHS, St Cuths. Founded/led Mt Hobson MS–18 years. Co-founded SAMS and MSWA. Econs degree, Masters in Edn, tchg dip, post grad dip – sport.
In August each year I receive a large raw data-set from the Ministry of Education – and process it into a highly informative and useful form for schools, families, politicians and other education interested entities.
This data set is of all of the LEAVERS for every school each year and is far more important/definitive than those that schools put out in February as that only covers the students per year group.
In a time of great proposed change in our education system, being fully informed on the state-of-play is essential.
One aspect that seems clear from the data is the place of students feeling that they belong to a form of wider collective – as well as having individual aims. Wealth is clearly an advantageous aspect for many of the top performing schools but there are others – e.g., doing well as ‘young women’ and having faith/purpose-based foundations.
These are the top 20 schools re University Entrance for leavers in 2024
Manukau Christian School
Diocesan School for Girls
St Cuthbert’s College (Epsom)
Rangi Ruru Girls’ School
Iona College
Pinehurst School
Kristin School
Craighead Diocesan School
Baradene College
ACG Parnell College
Marist College
Saint Kentigern College
Woodford House
St Mary’s College (Ponsonby)
St Oran’s College
King’s College
Christchurch Adventist School
Columba College
Waikato Diocesan School For Girls
Wellington Girls’ College
The apparent advantage of the faith, purpose and culture does not stop with that group either. If you break the set of 430-plus schools into 10ths based on the Equity Index Numbers (which replaced “deciles”) the top schools in those divisions are:
Manukau Christian School
Iona College
Liston College
Christchurch Adventist College
Zayed College for Girls
Southland Girls High School
Auckland Girls Grammar School
Manukura
TKKM o Hokianga
Te Wharekura o Te Kaokaoroa o Pātetere
I have the full data set – showing the NZ School LEAVERS’ outcomes for 2024 – available now.
For every high school, the process looks at in ranked order (including their Equity Index Number – which replaced ‘deciles’).
– School size
– NCEA Level 2 and 3 for leavers (for all schools)
– University Entrance (UE) for leavers (for all schools)
– The gap between L3 and UE (for all schools)
– The gaps – by school and aggregate – between ethnicities.
– Retention until 17 years of age (for all schools)
– Progression to degree level study (for all schools)
– Data split between the EQI 10ths (for all schools)
– Data that shows which schools are thriving above their demographics
– Case study data on the super eight boys’ schools and the 13 boys’ schools in the South Island seeking improvement
– System wide data gender, ethnicity, etc
(NB: The UE statistics include equivalents for Cambridge and IB).
For those who would like the data set please email me: alwyn.poole@gmail.com
- if it is for personal use – a donation is appreciated.
- if it is for professional/business/school use – the costs is $350 (plus GST). I will send the data set with an invoice.
This article was originally published by Education – the absolute best ways.
