22 Feb 2024

Decile system to rank schools changes

From Morning Report, 8:17 am on 22 February 2024

Forget about high decile and low decile when you are talking about schools.

From now on the words to use are fewest barriers and most barriers.

That is the way government agencies are grouping schools to indicate levels of poverty and deprivation.

Education correspondent John Gerritsen reports.