Ararimu School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within eight months of the Education Review Office and Ararimu 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 

Ararimu is a small, rural school located between Bombay and the Hunua Ranges. The school provides education for learners in Years 1 to 8.

Ararimu School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:

• promoting educational success for all learners

• building skills and knowledge to positively influence their success in the future

• participating and contributing to the learning culture of the school.

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

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate the effectiveness of school programmes and practices in improving outcomes for all students in literacy. Strengthening consistency of school-wide teaching practices and promoting collective knowledge and capability in evaluation are ongoing priorities for the school.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:

• the school’s focus on improving equitable outcomes for students in literacy

• the opportunity it provides to further build sequential, school-wide approaches in teaching and learning

• the commitment to strengthening evaluation practices and capability for continuous improvement.

The school expects to see increased rates of progress and improved equitable outcomes for all learners in literacy.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to improve learner outcomes in literacy and strengthen evaluation knowledge and skills:

• leadership of learning that promotes a collaborative team culture, openness to change and is focused on continuous improvement

• a commitment to the provision of professional learning that builds teacher knowledge and capability.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• implementing targeted actions to support equitable outcomes for all students in literacy

• developing a strategic approach to internal evaluation to inform responsive planning, teaching, and learning.

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.

Phil Cowie
Director Review and Improvement Services (Central)
Central Region | Te Tai Pūtahi Nui

6 March 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