State-integrated school

In New Zealand, a state-integrated school is a former private school which has integrated into the state education system under the Private Schools Conditional Integration Act 1975, becoming a state school while retaining its special character. State-integrated schools were established by the Third Labour Government in the early 1970s as a response to the near-collapse of the country's then private Catholic school system, which had run into financial difficulties.[1]

As of July 2022, there were 335 state-integrated schools in New Zealand, of which 236 identify as Roman Catholic.[2][nb 1] They educate approximately 92,482 students, or 11.2% of New Zealand's student population,[3] making them the second-most common type of school in New Zealand behind non-integrated state schools.

  1. ^ Cook, Megan (13 July 2012). "Private schools, 1820s to 1990s". Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  2. ^ "Ministry of Education, "Number of Schools"". educationcounts.govt.nz (Excel pivot table). Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  3. ^ "School rolls | Education Counts". Ministry of Education (New Zealand). Retrieved 2 October 2023.


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