Children and young people are learning and developing
Medium-term work is under way to better understand and target socio-economic disadvantage and provide more equitable resourcing to schools and kura. This includes replacing the current decile funding system with the Equity Index.
Cabinet agreed in principle to shift from deciles to the Equity Index from the 2021 or 2022 school year. A first round of sector engagement on this was completed November 2019. This informed the development of the Equity Index and advice, which is now completed. A second round of engagement on the proposed shift was undertaken, which helped inform decisions on implementation.
Up to $90 million in additional funding and support is going directly to schools and kura in 2023.