Pressure to broaden the use of identification numbers attached to preschoolers has concerned the Privacy Commissioner.

Two teacher aides caught passing drugs at an Auckland primary school have resigned today.

An Auckland primary school has suspended two teacher aides after they were snapped exchanging cannabis in the staff room.

Destiny Church's bid to make its private school part of the state system has failed. The church says the rejection is disappointing as its case was compelling and valid.

One of the country’s flagship charter schools is now teetering on the edge of closure. Kirsty Johnston goes behind the gates at Whangaruru.

Carter Holt Harvey's cladding sheets and systems used in 880 school buildings were "inherently defective", the Court of Appeal has heard.

Students are not being taught enough "space and shape" mathematics and the "huge" learning gap is hurting achievement, the Ministry of Education says.

Spark has agreed to sell its Telecom Rentals business for $106 million to Australian financial services company FlexiGroup.

With more children coming to school hungry, a scientific study will for the first time guage the impact nutrition — or lack of it — has on learning.

Ongoing problems with Novopay and why a struggling charter school has not been shut down have been raised with the Ministry of Education in a select committee hearing today.

A principal at a private West Auckland school who admitted slapping a 14-year-old boy with the back of his hand has avoided conviction.

New Zealand's bullying problem may be going unchecked because schools do not want to share their problems nationwide.

One of New Zealand's first charter schools is failing, abysmally, and the Ministry of Education must stop dodging questions, writes Rose Patterson.

A principal at an Auckland private school has admitted slapping one of his students with the back of his hand and says the incident has torn his family apart.

A primary school relief teacher is on the naughty list with parents this Christmas after apparently casting doubt about Santa's authenticity...

The country's largest university is bankrolling the official name change of transgender students to avoid them being accidentally outed in class.

Scores of pupils will be frozen out of some of Auckland's top primary schools after a zone revamp.

The way failing schools are taken over and managed is set to change as the Ministry of Education seeks to improve how it oversees the process.

Destiny Church's failed attempt to set up a charter school was blocked in part because of fears about students being pressured into joining the church.

Principals say it's "party time" in many Auckland schools because the city's housing shortage has bumped about half the region's schools down the decile ratings.

Free uniforms and stationery are on offer to those who enrol at a new charter school.

Some Auckland schools will get a boost in funding after being given lower decile ratings - despite booming property prices in surrounding areas.

Students are now less likely to have a male teacher, with many going through their early education years without ever encountering a male role model.

Incidents such as the "Roast Busters" case show sex education needs to be more than a component of the health and physical education curriculum.

A primary school lost more than 55 teachers in four years - but got a government inspector's tick of approval.

Class disruptions and a lack of exposure to algebra and geometry are just some issues being linked to NZ slipping from 13th to 22nd in OECD maths ratings.

The Ministry of Education has begun informing schools of their new decile ratings and at least one Auckland school will need to rely more on parent fundraising as a result.

Plenty of improvement but still much to work on - the New Zealand schooling sector has been given its annual report card.

Teachers entitled to 24 months' maternity leave can take another two years off if they fall pregnant again while on leave, in a decision called a "win for women".