Pourato

Pourato

Resourcing information for schools and kura.

Overview

Pourato is the Ministry of Education's resourcing system for schools | kura. You can view funding and staffing entitlements online and be confident that you’ve got the latest information.

Pourato makes it fast and easy to view and track changes to your resourcing information.

What's new

2025 Provisional Roll

The 2025 Provisional Roll, provisional Entitlement Staffing and indicative Operational Funding is available from 13 September 2024.

To view, change the display to 2025 year.

NB: Provisional Entitlement Staffing only applies to state and state-integrated schools.

Kāhui Ako

If you are in a Kāhui Ako, details of your 2025 roll allocations will display in the ‘Relationships’ > ‘Kāhui Ako’ tab.

ORS Export to Excel

Schools with access to the ‘ORS Staffing’ tab can export student details.

ORS Cashed Up

Private schools (and other eligible schools) with ORS students receive funding equivalent to the ORS staffing entitlements received by a state or state-integrated school.

Finding information

Pourato 'Actuals' tab

A new ‘Actuals’ tab in the ‘Rolls’ tab provides increased transparency of the rolls used to calculate operational funding and entitlement staffing from 2023 onwards. 

Important Information 

2024 Roll Audit

An approved roll audit will display in the ‘Rolls’ > ‘Actuals’ tab and can be opened from the Actual Rolls dropdown menu.

Important Information 

Staffing Roll Change Request (SRI)

You can apply for a staffing roll increase when your permanent daily roll has increased and stayed at the new level for 5 consecutive school days.

Check the staffing calculator to see if you are eligible. 

Staffing for roll growth – Education in New Zealand 

For more information about a SRI in Pourato go to Staffing Roll Increase (SRI)

Key features

  • list item bullet View rolls, funding and staffing entitlements in one place.
  • list item bullet Access latest resourcing information.
  • list item bullet Keep track of changes.
  • list item bullet Receive notification by email following updates.

Meaning of Pourato

The name Pourato is made from two parts:

Pou - which means to direct, guide or support, and

Rato - meaning to provide, service or distribute

 

The name reflects the purpose of the system, which is ensuring education providers have all the resources they need, delivered in the most effective way, so they can focus on helping children thrive.