Life in New Zealand: Settlement Experiences of Skilled Migrants Results from the 2007 Survey
Children's Schooling
Many migrants come to New Zealand with their families. Satisfaction with the quality of schooling for their children can therefore be a significant factor in their settling successfully in New Zealand. Of those migrants surveyed in 2007, 49 percent reported they were parents or guardians of a child or children attending school in New Zealand.
The survey found that 88 percent of migrants with children attending school in New Zealand were very satisfied/satisfied with their children's school(s). As detailed in Figure 20, satisfaction levels with children's schooling were similar when viewed by region of origin.[12]
Figure 20: Satisfaction/dissatisfaction with children’s school by region of origin (n=293)
Totals may not sum to 100% due to rounding.
Excludes missing and not stated data.
Of the small number of respondents who were not very satisfied/satisfied with the quality of their children’s schooling (n=34), most frequently, this related to concerns about the quality of teaching and fighting or bullying at school.[13]
Summary
- 88 percent of migrants were very satisfied/satisfied with their children’s schooling.
[12] While the survey findings suggest that migrants from Other regions are less likely to be very satisfied/satisfied with their children’s schooling, the observed difference is based upon a relatively small sub-sample (n=27 migrants from Other regions who reported they were parents or guardians of a child or children attending school in New Zealand) and not statistically significant.
[13] Due to the relatively small sub-sample of migrants who were not very satisfied/satisfied with their children’s schooling, the reported frequencies for different reasons for dissatisfaction should be viewed with some degree of caution.