Earlier reports suggested the Year 10 student at Napier Girls' High School was stood-down for the speech which also said the teachers made students feel useless and taught them useless information.
But principal Mary Nixon said the 15-year-old was never stood-down, or suspended from the school.
She confirmed she had met with Miss Pritchard and her family yesterday at the earliest convenience for all involved.
"The matter was resolved the student is welcome back at school today."
Ms Nixon added student voice was valued at the school and all staff were working hard to personalise learning.
"But when issues involving student and staff wellbeing are raised, it is important to deal with those involved with proper consideration."
Ms Nixon said the Miss Pritchard's speech, which she had emailed to a number of teachers, was provocative.
"Colleagues and students in the wider school were shocked and upset."
Ms Nixon added on hearing about the speech she immediately arranged a meeting with the student and her father to better understand the student's thinking and objectives.
A meeting was also held yesterday with Miss Pritchard's classmates.
Debate over the merits and the flaws of the education systems has been raging over the teenager's comments.
Many have applauded the 15-year-old for speaking her mind and drawing attention to what they see as the flaws in the education system.
One reader, Rosemarie Crow, said there were some valid points made: "the relevance of the curriculum, the discontent of teachers, we all know these things."
But despite the strong support for the 15-year-old's speech, emphasising with her comments, others have come out in defence of the teaching profession and pointed the finger at the wider issues, including teacher exhaustion, relatively poor pay, a lack of resources and a limited pool of qualified candidates.
One teacher Johanna McHardy, said while she supports the girl's comments about teachers who do not actually teach, the reasons for this need to
Post Primary School Teachers' Association [PPTA] Angela Roberts said while she didn't want to comment on the particulars of the teenager's speech, teachers were faced with numerous challenges when it came to teaching kids "life skills".
"The political target of an 85 per cent pass rate for schools has meant that students don't always take the best subject for them," she said. "The 85 per cent mantra about passing limits the student's ability to just enjoy learning, as the discussion becomes just about the credits."
She said of course they want the children to succeed in life, but often this process gets interrupted by the bureaucracy.
Ms Roberts said at the end of the day it was about resources.
"We do have a world class-system that is broad and permissive and lets teacher's cater to their students."
But she said the increased bureaucratic requirements of NCEA was unsustainable, especially with the huge workload associated with frequent internal assessments.
"We understand the need for this...but there has never been any extra resources, not time or money, that has been given to help with this increased workload.
"NCEA is still tugging along on the goodwill of the profession."
