Priority Teacher Supply Allowance

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.

About the allowance

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.

For more information, please contact: teacher.supply@education.govt.nz

Primary Priority Teacher Supply Allowance (PTSA)

This allowance is set out in Clause 3.16.2 of the Primary Teachers’ Collective Agreement

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
$1,000 p/a

Eligible Primary Schools

SCHOOL NUMBER SCHOOL NAME

600
879
880
932
960
1000
1002
1004
1013
1014
1015
1016
1019
1020
1021
1022
1023
1025
1026
1028
1031
1033
1035
1037
1044
1046
1053
1060
1066
1069
1071
1073
1075
1076
1081
1084
1085
1087
1097
1100
1109
1110
1111
1113
1114
1116
1119
1120
1122
1131
1210
1212
1215
1217
1218
1227
1238
1247
1248
1251
1254
1257
1259
1262
1264
1267
1271
1273
1274
1275
1277
1287
1289
1290
1291
1293
1300
1305
1310
1315
1317
1322
1329
1330
1332
1333
1336
1339
1341
1347
1348
1351
1352
1353
1254
1355
1356
1368
1369
1379
1380
1393
1400
1408
1409
1414
1418
1419
1420
1422
1424
1427
1428
1429
1430
1431
1434
1441
1447
1453
1458
1459
1460
1467
1468
1470
1471
1472
1474
1476
1477
1483
1486
1491
1496
1507
1508
1520
1522
1523
1526
1534
1546
1549
1564
1565
1566
1569
1570
1576
1579
1580
1581
1607
1619
1633
1648
1658
1667
1668
1669
1676
1677
1678
1704
1708
1968
1974
2035
2037
2101
2550
2555
2562
2578
2581
2584
2587
2594
2600
2617
2624
2643
2649
2657
2659
2667
2679
2692
2701
2703
2706
2715
2739
3100
3295
3322
3495
4140
4205
4218
4229
6741
6944

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)

This allowance is set out in Clause 4.13 – Secondary Teachers’ Collective Agreement

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)
$2,500 p/a

Pro-rata for part-time (0.5+ FTTE)

Eligible Secondary Schools 

SCHOOL NUMBER SCHOOL NAME

106
115
119
127
158
159
181
234
235
301
303
304
305
307
395
399
400
401
409
494
961

1210**
1607*
1658*
1704*
1708*
1968*
1974*
2035*
2037*
3100*
3295*
3322*
3495*

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)

This allowance is set out in Clause 3.21 – Area School Teachers’ Collective Agreement 

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)
$2,500 p/a
Pro-rata for part-time (0.5+ FTTE)

Eligible Area Schools

SCHOOL NUMBER SCHOOL NAME

1
2
6
10
11
185
206
212
238
300
306
402
496
550
567
589
624
737
1055
1147
1149
1175
1666
1672
1673
1917
2103
2104
2383
3106
3114
3117 
3119 
4227

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

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