Kaikohe Intermediate

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within six months of the Education Review Office and Kaikohe Intermediate 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 

Kaikohe Intermediate, Te Kura Takawaenga o Kaikohe, is located in the Northland town of Kaikohe and provides education in a bilingual setting for Year 7 and 8 students, most of whom are Māori of Ngāpuhi descent.

The school’s vision is ‘Mā te Aroha Ka Puawai Ngā Mokopuna, Ka ora te Iwi, Ka Anga i Ngā Tapuwae o Ngā Uri o Rahiri”- through love, compassion and support, our children will flourish, our whānau are well, our kura will follow the footsteps of our ancestor Rahiri. The vision, together with the school’s values of arohatia te reo, tikanga, manaakitanga and kaitiakitanga, convey the school’s intent to promote children’s identity, language and culture through Ngāpuhitanga, iwi history and language. Kaikohe Intermediate School is a member of Te Arahura Kāhui Ako.

Kaikohe Intermediate’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:

• Ka puawai ngā mokopuna – promote Te Tika o Ngāpuhi
• Ka ora te iwi –to know and be able to use the language of learning and for kaiako to deliver quality learning opportunities
• Ka anga I ngā tapuwae o ngā uri o Rahiri – use student achievement data and evidence deliberately to inform teacher practice.

You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Kaikohe Intermediate’s website.

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate initiatives that promote the success of Māori as Māori.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is: 

• kaiako are taking part in professional learning and development that is specifically focussed on raising Māori achievement
• the promotion of Ngāpuhitanga is a strategic goal for the school and Te Arahura Kāhui Ako.

The school expects to see

• ākonga who display mana and feel well connected to their language, identity and culture
• the deliberate use of information about ākonga engagement, wellbeing and achievement in kaiako planning and teaching
• consistent and ākonga-focussed kaiako practice across the school that promotes improved achievement.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths in its goal to evaluate initiatives that promote the success of Māori as Māori.

• ākonga are supported to achieve success with a strong secure sense of their identity through learning of and through te reo o Ngāpuhi me ona tikanga, whakapapa and histories
• kaiako are committed to developing their knowledge and skills to be highly effective and culturally responsive facilitators of learning
• leaders are committed to professional learning that upholds the school’s values and vision to develop cultural citizenship and Ngāpuhitanga
• the school has well-established connections and relationships with Māori whānau, hapu and iwi to support ākonga learning and outcomes.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• further professional development opportunities which specifically focus on Māori success and achievement
• strengthening engagement and transition initiatives which promote wellbeing and regular attendance at school
• continuing to develop the eight term Marau a Kura to support a streamlined learning experience for ākonga during their time at Te Kura Takawaenga o Kaikohe
• kaiako and leaders using information about ākonga engagement, wellbeing and achievement to evaluate the success of initiatives.

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

26 July 2023 

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