Resourcing – operational funding and staffing entitlements
The Ministry calculates and allocates staffing entitlements and quarterly operational funding to state and state-integrated schools and kura. Private schools also receive quarterly operational funding.
Resourcing information for each school and kura is available to view in Pourato.
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School and kura boards govern their school finances and dictate how operational funding is applied. Boards, principals and administrators should undertake further reading at the links on this page.
Core resourcing information
Other resourcing information
Accident Compensation Corporation(external link)
Attached teachers staffing and funding
Reading recovery travel reimbursement
Resource teacher learning and behaviour (RTLB) support funding
Secondary Tertiary Alignment Resource (STAR)
School funding for Programmes for Students (PfS)
Special purpose units (activity centres, teen parent units, other)
Technology provision for Years 7 and 8
School and kura resourcing enquiries
Email: resourcing@education.govt.nz
Key Staffing & Funding dates 2023
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| Monday 02 January | New years day holiday |
| Tuesday 03 January | Day after new years day holiday |
| Wednesday 04 January | Quarter 1, 2023 instalment paid |
| Tuesday 24 January | End of PP22 – funding code change request 2022 to Novopay. |
| Wednesday 25 January | Balancing period begins |
| Monday 06 February | Waitangi Day |
| Tuesday 08 March | March roll return due |
| Tuesday 21 March | End of balancing period |
| Thursday 30 March | Quarter 2 operational funding instalment published in Pourato |
| Monday 03 April | Quarter 2 instalment paid |
| Friday 07 April | Good Friday |
| Monday 10 April | Easter Monday |
| Tuesday 11 April | Term 1 holidays |
| Monday 24 April | Term 2 begins |
| Monday 25 April | ANZAC Day |
| Mid-May (TBC) | Confirmed entitlement staffing published in Pourato |
| Monday 05 June | King's birthday |
| Thursday 08 June | June roll return due |
| Wednesday 28 June | Quarter 3 operational funding instalment published in Pourato |
| Monday 03 July | Quarter 3 instalment paid |
| Monday 3 July | Term 2 holidays |
| Friday 07 July | July roll return due |
| Friday 14 July | Matariki holiday |
| Monday 17 July | Term 3 begins |
| Thursday 08 September | September roll return due |
| Friday 15 September | 2024 Provisional rolls released in Pourato |
| Monday 18 September | 2024 Provisional roll reviews open |
| Monday 25 September | Term 3 holidays |
| Wednesday 27 September | Quarter 4 operational funding instalment published in Pourato |
| Monday 02 October | Quarter 4 instalment paid |
| Monday 09 October | Term 4 begins |
| Monday 23 October | Labour day |
| Friday 8 December | Quarter 1 2024 operational funding instalment published in Pourato |
| Wednesday 20 December | Term 4 ends |
| Wednesday 3 January | Quarter 1, 2024 instalment paid |
School Key Dates 2023 [PDF, 128 KB]
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