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 cycle

The 2025 Provisional Roll, provisional Entitlement Staffing and indicative Operational Funding will be available in Pourato from 20 September 2024.

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

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

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 Entitlement 2024

The staffing banner on the 'Your Entitlement' tab identifies if you are being staffed on your provisional guaranteed staffing or the staffing generated by your 1 March (Confirmed) roll.

Use the 'click to read advice' button for important information that may affect future staffing decisions. 

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.

Staffing for roll growth – Education in New Zealand 

For more information about a SRI in Pourato go to 2024 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.