Bayview School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within 10 months of the Education Review Office and Bayview 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 

Bayview School provides education for learners from years 1 to 6. The school is in Bayview, North Shore, Auckland. The school was gifted the name ‘Matairangi’ by a local Kaumatua which is based on the school’s vision of ‘Empower Our Future’.

Bayview School is part of the Kaipātiki Kāhui Ako | Community of Learning.

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

• whanaungatanga - nurturing inclusive, respectful relationships with all stakeholders 

• tūrangawaewae - creating a sense of belonging and connection to our place and space 

• manaakitanga - our embedded values of Citizenship, Attitude, Responsibility, Empathy creates a positive culture for learning 

• developing a learning focused culture to empower our staff and students. 

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

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how well a consistent and responsive approach to teaching and learning and the development of the local curriculum, supports equitable academic, social, and emotional outcomes for all learners.  

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is to: 

• to strengthen teacher capability to deliver the curriculum catering for the needs of all learners

• empower agentic learners with strong social and emotional intelligence

• be responsive, learner centred and develop a local curriculum to ensure equity and excellence.  

The school expects to see:

• stronger partnerships and enhanced curriculum provision resulting in improved outcomes for all learners

• empowered and confident teachers using culturally responsive practices that foster hauora and success

• improved educational and cultural outcomes for Māori in partnership with students, whānau, hapū and iwi. 

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support the school in its goal to evaluate how well a consistent and responsive approach to teaching and learning and the development of the local curriculum, supports equitable academic, social, and emotional outcomes for all learners.  

• a school culture that has well embedded values, within a consistently strengths-based approach to support hauora and success for all learners

• uses a strengths-based approach, encompassing positive culture for learning philosophies and utilising character strengths to support learner dispositions

• a leadership team that has robust, internal review and evaluation and provides clear vision for success

• collective capacity (within the school and across the Kaipātiki Kāhui Ako for improvement and innovation resulting in equitable and excellent learner outcomes with a clear focus on Māori and Pacific learners.  

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• developing shared understandings of local curriculum to enhance clarity and shared expectations of quality practice

• reviewing and refining hauora practices to support a learning focused culture

• empowering staff to strengthen their own practice to meet the individual needs of 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

4 April 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