Kerikeri Primary School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within 18 months of the Education Review Office and Kerikeri Primary School 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 

Kerikeri Primary is a contributing school catering for learners from Years 0 to 6 in Kerikeri, Northland. A special feature of the school is the Māori bilingual unit Te Whakatupuranga. The school’s vision empowering today, nurturing the future’, alongside their KORU values underpin teaching and learning.

Kerikeri Primary School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:

• strong working relationships among the school community to drive better learning outcomes 

• a balanced an innovative curriculum is experienced by all

• positive behaviours for learning are consistently evident throughout the school.

You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Kerikeri Primary School’s website.

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how effectively the school’s structured literacy programmes achieve equity and excellent outcomes for all learners.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:

• leaders and teachers want all learners to progress and achieve success at their expected curriculum level

• to implement consistent literacy practices across the school.

The school expects to see:

• improved outcomes for all learners in literacy

• empowered teachers and learners in the teaching and learning of literacy

• consistency in teacher practice.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support the school in its goal to ensure structured literacy programmes achieve equitable and excellent learning outcomes for all learners:

• stewardship and leadership that reflects ongoing commitment to achieve the school’s strategic direction

• a strong leadership team committed to improving educational outcomes for all learners

• teachers who are open to new professional learning and effectively implement this in the classroom.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• supporting children to develop learner agency and self-assessment; identify their own strengths, learning needs, and next steps across the curriculum

• teachers continue to use data effectively to ensure equitable and excellent outcomes are for all learners.

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.

Filivaifale Jason Swann
Director Review and Improvement Services (Northern)
Northern Region | Te Tai Raki

15 February 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