MoE 2014 Home Education Statistics

Homeschooling

Summary

This index page provides links to data on homeschooling.

As at 1 July 2014, there were 5,555 home schooled students recorded in the Ministry of Education’s Homeschooling database. These students belong to 2,862 families and represent 0.7% of total school enrolments as at 1 July 2014. Out of the 5,555 homeschoolers 65% were the aged 12 or under, 66% had been home-schooled for less than 5 years, and only 4% had been home-schooled for 10 years or more.

European/Pakeha students are more likely to be homeschooled than any other ethnic group with 83% of all Homeschoolers identifying as European/Pakeha compared to 53% of the total school population. Only 7% of Homeschoolers identify as Maori compared to 23% of the total school population, and 2% of identify as Pasifika compared to 10% of the total school population. The ethnicity of 3% of homeschoolers is unknown.

The chart below provides a number of downloads relating to the number of students in Homeschooling.

Downloads File Size & Type
 Microsoft Excel Icon Number of Students by Time Series 1998-2014 [MS Excel 103KB]
 Microsoft Excel Icon Number of Students by Student Gender, Ethnic Group & Age 1998-2014 [MS Excel 80KB]
 Microsoft Excel Icon Number of Students by Student Gender, Ethnic Group & Duration 1998-2014 [MS Excel 81KB]
 Microsoft Excel Icon Number of Students by Student Gender, Ethnic Group & Ethnicity 1998-2014 [MS Excel 50KB]
 Microsoft Excel Icon Number of Students by Student Gender, Ethnic Group & Regional Council 1998-2014 [MS Excel 90KB]
 Microsoft Excel Icon Number of Students by Student Gender, Ethnic Group & Territorial Authority 1998-2014 [MS Excel 280KB]
 Microsoft Excel Icon Number of Students by Duration & Regional Council 1998-2014 [MS Excel 81KB]
 Microsoft Excel Icon Number of Students by Duration & Territorial Authority 1998-2014 [MS Excel 261KB]
 Microsoft Excel Icon Number of Students by Student Age & Regional Council 1998-2014 [MS Excel 80KB]
 Microsoft Excel Icon Number of Students by Student Age & Territorial Authority 1998-2014 [MS Excel 253KB]

More information here: http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/statistics/schooling/homeschooling

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From the Smiths: https://hef.org.nz/2011/craig-smith-26-january-1951-to-30-september-2011/

Updated 1 October 2014:  Three years on (Craig Smith’s Health) page 7 click here

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Needing help for your home schooling journey:

https://hef.org.nz/2011/needing-help-for-your-home-schooling-journey-2/

And

Here are a couple of links to get you started home schooling:

Information on getting startedhttps://hef.org.nz/getting-started-2/

and

Information on getting an exemptionhttps://hef.org.nz/exemptions/

This link is motivational: http://hef.org.nz/2012/home-schooling-what-is-it-all-about/

Exemption Form online: https://hef.org.nz/2012/home-schooling-exemption-form-now-online/

Coming Events: https://hef.org.nz/2013/some-coming-events-for-home-education-during-2013-2/

Beneficiaries: http://hef.org.nz/2013/where-to-for-beneficiary-families-now-that-the-social-security-benefit-categories-and-work-focus-amendment-bill-has-passed-its-third-reading