Brookby School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within 16 months of the Education Review Office and Brookby 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 

Brookby School is in a semi-rural location, southeast of Auckland. The school provides education for students in Years 1 to 8. Since the previous ERO review in 2017, the Board appointed a new principal in Term 4 2020 and deputy principal in Term 3 2022.

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

• quality teaching and learning

• an inclusive school culture and environment

• fostering a meaningful learning community.

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

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how well the school conditions support the development of learner agency to impact positively on student outcomes.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is to:

• develop a shared understanding among students, staff and whānau of learner agency

• continue to build on students’ individual strengths and successes

• know how effectively teachers foster agency in their practice to support valued learner outcomes.

The school expects to see students becoming confident and motivated individuals who are actively involved in their learning. Students will be able to talk about what they are learning, why, and their next learning steps. Teachers will continue to consistently use culturally responsive teaching practices that promote learner agency and successful outcomes for all.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal of developing learner agency to impact positively on student outcomes:

• students demonstrate a strong sense of belonging and connection to the school

• the school’s learning culture is well established and characterised by meaningful student, teacher and whānau relationships

• school leadership collaboratively plans, develops and promotes the school values and strategic priorities for continuous improvement.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• embedding a shared understanding of learner agency to enable students to become confident and motivated individuals who experience success

• strengthening culturally responsive teaching practice to foster learner agency and promote positive student outcomes

• continuing to use evaluation and inquiry through a coaching model to build teacher capacity in understanding and developing learner agency.

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

13 December 2022 

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