U5.5 Primary and secondary schools (state and integrated)

1. Primary and secondary schools are accredited by the Ministry of Education for admitting fee-paying foreign students and may offer them places, within any limits imposed by that Ministry on levels and subjects, after all New Zealand domestic and New Zealand scholarship students administered by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade have been placed.
2. Where foreign students are enrolled in a programme of study intended exclusively or mainly for foreign students that class or programme of study must be approved by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (see section 524 of the Education and Training Act 2020).

Effective 01/01/2022