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Kia ora Anthony,
I am not too sure if Sara had forwarded you (or Debra) below response from Lucy for the review.
Could you please have a look before Lucy got back to the requestor?
Here is the full details jira ticket from GEMS: https://education-nz.atlassian.net/browse/GEMS-45898
I will log a ticket and assigned it to you as well.
Due to GEMS: early next week if possible?
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From: Lucy Jordan <[email address]>
Sent: Wednesday, 26 November 2025 10:54 am
To: Requests Data and Insights <[email address]>
Subject: RE: Attendance level data OIA
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Kia ora,
Did data and insights have any comment on the below response? If not, happy for GEMS to send.
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From: Lucy Jordan
Sent: Friday, 21 November 2025 4:28 pm
To: Requests Data and Insights <[email address]>
Subject: Attendance level data OIA
Kia ora,
I have drafted the below for an OIA based on previous responses sent. I am just wanting to confirm
that the Ministry hasn’t changed our position that we do not release attendance data at a school
level.
GEMS can send out if this position has not changed.
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Reference: GEMS-45898
Thank you for your email of 20 November 2025 to the Ministry of Education (the Ministry) requesting
school level attendance data as below.
Your request has been considered under the O icial Information Act 1982 (the Act).
Schools provide attendance data to the Ministry on the basis that it is not released publicly at an
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identifying school level. I consider it is in the greater public interest that the Ministry maintains this
level of trust with schools to ensure the continued supply of similar information.
As a result, I am refusing your request under section 18(a) of the Act, as by virtue of section 9(2)(ba)(ii)
of the Act, there is good reason for withholding the information to protect information which is
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subject to an obligation of confidence, where the making available of the information would be likely
otherwise to damage the public interest.
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As required under section 9(1) of the Act, I have considered the public interest in releasing the
information withheld. I do not consider that the public interest considerations favouring the release
of this information are su icient to outweigh the need to withhold it at this time.
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Please note that the Ministry regularly publishes school attendance data broken down by region,
gender, school type and ethnicity in a searchable format on the Education Counts website here:
https://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/statistics/attendance.
Thank you again for your email. You have the right to ask an Ombudsman to review my decision on
your request, in accordance with section 28 of the Act. You can do this by writing to
[email address] or to O ice of the Ombudsman, PO Box 10152, Wellington 6143.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Lewis T <[email address]>
Sent: Thursday, 20 November 2025 2:11 pm
To: Enquiries Na onal <Enquiries.Na onal@educa on.govt.nz>
Subject: Official Informa on request - Every day ma ers reports
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Dear Ministry of Educa on,
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I request the school-level a endance data used to generate the "Every Day Ma ers" reports for every school in New
Zealand for the two most recent available Terms
Primary Request:
A spreadsheet (CSV or Excel) containing the following fields for every individual school:
School ID and Name.
A endance Category percentages: (Regular, Irregular, Moderate, Chronic).
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Absence Reason breakdown percentages: (Unexplained/Trivial, Illness/Medical, Explained/Approved,
Accepted/Unjus fied, Holiday).
"On me to class" percentage.
Alterna ve Request (to avoid refusal):
If a specific dataset matching the exact fields above does not exist, please provide the underlying raw data set(s)
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used to populate the "Every Day Ma ers" reports.
I understand this data is held within your systems to auto-generate the PDF reports. I am reques ng the source data
feed for these reports.
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Yours faithfully,
Lewis T
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From: Lewis T <[email address]>
Sent: Thursday, 20 November 2025 2:11 pm
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Dear Ministry of Educa on,
I request the school-level a endance data used to generate the "Every Day Ma ers" reports for every school in New
Zealand for the two most recent available Terms
Primary Request:
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A spreadsheet (CSV or Excel) containing the following fields for every individual school:
School ID and Name.
A endance Category percentages: (Regular, Irregular, Moderate, Chronic).
Absence Reason breakdown percentages: (Unexplained/Trivial, Illness/Medical, Explained/Approved,
Accepted/Unjus fied, Holiday).
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"On me to class" percentage.
Alterna ve Request (to avoid refusal):
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If a specific dataset matching the exact fields above does not exist, please provide the underlying raw data set(s)
used to populate the "Every Day Ma ers" reports.
I understand this data is held within your systems to auto-generate the PDF reports. I am reques ng the source data
feed for these reports.
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Yours faithfully,
Lewis T
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