Hukerenui School Years 1-8

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within 13 months of the Education Review Office and Hukerenui School Years 1 – 8 working in Te Ara Huarau, an improvement evaluation approach used in most English Medium State and State Integrated Schools. For more information about Te Ara Huarau see ERO’s website. www.ero.govt.nz

Context 

Hukerenui School Years 1 – 8 is a rural school located north of Whangārei. The school provides technology education for several local schools. The school motto ‘the key is me’ supports the school’s key values of resilience, problem solving, respect and caring.

Hukerenui School Years 1 to 8’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are: 

• raising achievement in literacy and mathematics 
• providing barrier free education for all students
• providing quality teaching and learning
• maintaining a focus on Wellness, Hauora and Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Hukerenui School Years 1 – 8 website.

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how well the school’s authentic local curriculum enhances the delivery of strong literacy and mathematics programmes and provides all learners with equitable opportunities to shine and achieve success over their eight years at the school.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:  

• to provide equitable and excellent learning opportunities for all learners
• ensuring students experience success and are able to see that learning has a purpose 
• the ongoing development of confident, capable lifelong learners.

The school expects to see:

• accelerated progress for students working towards curriculum expectations 
• equitable and excellent outcomes for all learners 
• learners experiencing success in diverse ways across a range of settings over their time at Hukerenui School
• high rates of student attendance and engagement in learning 
• learning-focussed partnerships where whānau and community expertise enriches learning.

Strengths 

The school can draw from the following strengths to support it in its goal to ensure the authentic local curriculum enhances the delivery of strong literacy and mathematics programmes and provides all students with equitable opportunities to shine and achieve success.

• recognised as a school with a well embedded relevant local authentic rural curriculum
• indoor and outdoor learning environments that support the delivery of both the local and New Zealand curriculum 
• leadership that focuses on excellence and equity and ongoing commitment to achieve the school’s strategic direction
• effective assessment systems are used to identify, monitor, and report student progress and achievement.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• sustaining the collective capacity, capability and practice of staff to deliver the curriculum through ongoing and relevant professional learning and development programmes.

ERO’s role will be to support the school in its evaluation for improvement cycle to improve outcomes for all learners. ERO will support the school in reporting their progress to the community. The next public report on ERO’s website will be a Te Ara Huarau | School Evaluation Report and is due within three years. 

Shelley Booysen
Director of Schools

3 May 2024

About the School

The Education Counts website provides further information about the school’s student population, student engagement and student achievement.  educationcounts.govt.nz/home