You will be paid this allowance if you are a teacher employed in a school identified by the Ministry as requiring additional support for recruitment or retention.
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Update as of February 2023: The Priority Teacher Supply Allowance is currently under review, with any changes subject to Collective Agreement negotiations. As the Ministry has already updated the list of eligible schools for the 2023 year, and while the review is being carried out, updates to the list are closed temporarily. We will update this page with further details later in the 2023 year. We encourage you to check out the Teacher Supply initiatives on the TeachNZ website(external link) for more information on support for teachers and schools in the interim.
You’ll be paid a Priority Teacher Supply Allowance if you’re a teacher employed in a school/kura that the Ministry has identified as needing additional support for recruitment or retention.
The rates and conditions differ depending on the collective agreement you are employed under. Check the lists below to see if your school is eligible.
Teachers are not eligible to receive both the Priority Teacher Supply Allowance and the Staffing Incentive Allowance.
Eligible schools may be changed by the Ministry of Education as needs change. This won’t happen more than once a year, and only after consultation with employee representatives. These lists have been updated for 2023.
Eligibility and Allowance Conditions - at a glance
The PTSA provision shall apply to teachers employed in Priority Staffing Status schools. This includes decile 1 and 2 primary schools in the following Territorial Local Authorities: Auckland City, Buller, Far North, Gisborne, Grey, Kaipara, Manukau City, North Shore City, Papakura, Rodney, South Waikato, Wairoa, Waitakere, Westland, and Whangārei.
Teacher:
Condition:
Rate:
Fully Certificated
Employed at eligible school
Full-time (1 FTTE)
Permanent or Long Term Relief (2 consecutive terms or more)
$1,500 p/a
Provisionally Certificated Subject to Confirmation
TKKM o Ngaringaomatariki Rise UP Academy Waatea School Te Kura ā Iwi o Pawarenga TKKM o Tūtūtarakihi Ahipara School Arapohue School Awanui School Herekino School Hikurangi School Hora Hora School (Te Mai) Horeke School Kaeo School Kaihu Valley School Kaikohe East School Kaikohe Intermediate Kaikohe West School Kaitaia Intermediate Kaitaia School Totara Grove School Karetu School Kawakawa Primary School Kohukohu School Mangamuka School Matauri Bay School Te Kura o Mātihetihe Motatau School Te Kura o Ōmanaia Oauaiti School Te Kura o Otangarei Oturu School Pakaraka School Pakotai School Pamapuria School Peria School Portland School Pouto School Pukepoto School Selwyn Park School Te Kura o Hato Hohepa Te Kamura Te Hapua School Te Horo School (Whangarei) Te Kopuru School Tikipunga Primary School Tinopai School Totara North School Umawera School Waiharara School Waima School Whau Valley School Northern Health School Avondale Intermediate Sir Douglas Bader Intermediate School Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate Middle School Bairds Mainfreight Primary School Birdwood School Bruce McLaren Intermediate Clayton Park School Clendon Park School Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate Junior School Colwill School Cosgrove School Dawson School Don Buck School East Tamaki School Edmund Hillary School Fairburn School Favona School Ferguson Intermediate (Otara) Finlayson Park School Flat Bush School Glen Innes School Glen Taylor School Glenavon School Glenbrae Primary School Glendene School Greenmeadows Intermediate Hay Park School Henderson South School Holy Cross School (Papatoetoe) Homai School Jean Batten School Kedgley Intermediate Kelston Intermediate Kelvin Road School Kingsford School Koru School Leabank School Lincoln Heights School Mangere Central School Mangere East School Royal Oak Intermediate School Manurewa East School Manurewa Intermediate Manurewa Central School Manurewa South School Manurewa West School May Road School Mayfield School (Auckland) Mt Richmond School Mountain View School Nga Iwi School Onepoto School Otahuhu Intermediate Otahuhu School Paerata School Panama Road School Panmure Bridge School Panmure District School Papakura Intermediate Kereru Park Campus Papatoetoe East School Papatoetoe Intermediate Papatoetoe North School Papatoetoe South School Papatoetoe West School Park Estate School Pt England School Prospect School Pukekohe North School Ranui School Redhill School Redoubt North School Robertson Road School Rongomai School Roscommon School Rosebank School (Auckland) Rosehill School Rowandale School Royal Road School Ruapotaka School Sir Keith Park School St Anne's School (Manurewa) St John The Evangelist School (Otara) St Joseph's School (Otahuhu) St Patrick's School (Panmure) St Pius X School (Glen Innes) Sutton Park School Sylvia Park School Takanini School Tamaki School Te Papapa School Viscount School Waikowhai School Wesley Intermediate Wesley School West Harbour School Waimahia Intermediate School Weymouth School Wiri Central School Wymondley Road School Yendarra School Chapel Downs School Bishop Edward Gaines Catholic School Te Kura Akonga O Manurewa St Mary MacKillop Catholic School Manaia View School Putaruru Primary School He Puna Ruku Mātauranga o Whangaruru Wairoa Primary School Tiaho Primary School Te Mahia School Mohaka School Te Kura o Waikaremoana Cargill Open Plan School David Henry School Strathmore School Tainui Full Primary School Tokoroa Central School Tokoroa Intermediate Tautoro School Cobham School Elgin School Frasertown School Hiruharama School Ilminster Intermediate Kaiti School Kotemaori School Makarika School TKKM o Mangatuna Muriwai School Nuhaka School Patutahi School Potaka School Putere School TKKM o Tapere-Nui-A-Whatonga Riverdale School (Gisborne) St Joseph's School (Wairoa) Te Hapara School Te Wharau School (Gisborne) Tikitiki School Hatea-A-Rangi Waikirikiri School Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Whatatutu TKKM o Te Hiringa Blaketown School Cobden School Runanga School South Auckland S D A School TKKM o Piripono Te Kura Whakahou ki Ōtara TKKM o Tokomaru TKKM o Manurewa Te Matauranga Randwick Park School
Secondary High Priority Teacher Supply Allowance (HPTSA)
Eligibility and Allowance Conditions - at a glance
The HPTSA provision shall apply to secondary teachers employed in those schools identified by the Secretary for Education as requiring additional support for recruitment and retention. This includes secondary schools in the following Territorial Local Authorities: Buller, Grey, Kaikoura, South Taranaki, South Waikato, Southland, Tararua, Waikato, Westland.
Teacher:
Condition:
Rate:
Fully / Provisionally Certificated
Employed at eligible school
Full or Part-time (0.5 + FTTE)
Permanent or Long Term Relief (2 consecutive terms or more)
Tuakau College Te Kauwhata College Huntly College Ngaruawahia High School Tokoroa High School Forest View High School Opunake High School Dannevirke High School Tararua College Buller High School Greymouth High School John Paul II High School Westland High School Kaikoura High School Northern Southland College Central Southland College Fiordland College Menzies College Aparima College Putaruru College Te Paepae o Aotea
Northern Health School Bishop Edward Gaines Catholic School Putaruru Primary School Cargill Open Plan School David Henry School Strathmore School Tainui Full Primary School Tokoroa Central School Tokoroa Intermediate TKKM o Te Hiringa Blaketown School Cobden School Runanga School
* HPSTA status relates principally to secondary schools. However, specialist secondary teachers of technology of years 7 and 8 students (historically known as manual teachers) are also eligible to receive the HPSTA where they’re employed:
in a technology host school, or
at a school or centre that’s entitled to receive the Priority Teacher Supply Allowance under the Primary Teachers' Collective Agreement, and this school is located in a territorial local authority area where all secondary schools have HPSTA status.
** Northern Health School became eligible on 18 April 2023, as a result of PPTA and Ministry of Education agreement.
Area Schools Priority Teacher Supply Allowance (ASPTSA)
Eligibility and Allowance Conditions - at a glance
The ASPTSA provision shall apply to teachers employed in those area schools identified by the Ministry of Education as requiring additional support for recruitment and retention. This includes teachers employed in:
Schools in the following Territorial Local Authorities: Buller, Far North, Gisborne, Southland, Westland
Decile 1 or 2 schools in the following Territorial Local Authorities: South Taranaki, South Waikato, Tararua, Waikato.
Teacher:
Condition:
Rate:
Fully / Provisionally Certificated
Employed at eligible school
Full or Part-time (0.5+ FTTE)
Permanent or Long Term Relief (2 consecutive terms or more)
Te Kura o Te Kao Taipa Area School Broadwood Area School Te Kura Taumata o Panguru Opononi Area School Patea Area School Ngata Memorial College Tolaga Bay Area School Kaitaia Abundant Life School Karamea Area School South Westland Area School Waiau Area School Reefton Area School Te Waha O Rerekohu Area School Te Wharekura o Te Kaokaoroa o Patetere Te Kura o Nga Ruahine Rangi Te Karaka Area School Te Kura Kauapa Maori o Horouta Wananga Ngataki School Te Rangi Aniwaniwa Sonrise Christian School Kaikohe Christian School Te Kura o Waikare TKKM o Nga Uri A Maui TKKM o Te Waiu o Ngati Porou Te Wharekura o Kakaumangmanga Moerewa School TKKM o Taumarere TKKM o Ngati Ruanui TKKM o Whangaroa TKKM o Pukemiro TKKM o Te Tonga o Hokianga TKKM o Kawakawa mai Tawhiti TKKM o Kaikohe
