• Where can I find out more?
• What about out of school services?

• Starting school and enrolment
  
• School terms and holidays
• The Education Review Office (ERO) publishes reports on current education practice in schools and ECE every three years.
• Reducing stress: Kiwi Families offers tips to reduce the back-to-school stress for parents and children, including a handy checklist for parents for the first day back at primary and secondary school

Information for specific groups

- For more, call the Ministry of Education on 0800 800 675. 

• Maori: The Ministry of Education has information, policy and programmes; spanning early childhood to tertiary education
  
• Pasifika: The Ministry of Education has information on educational needs from early childhood to tertiary education
  
• Special education: The Ministry of Education has information on special education needs, including services and funding
  
• International education: The Ministry of Education has information relating to international education in New Zealand
  
• Gifted children: Team Up provides information on signs of special talent and links to organisations offering support.