Cosgrove School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within 24 months of the Education Review Office and Cosgrove 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 

Cosgrove School is a culturally diverse contributing school catering for students in Years 1 to 6 in Papakura, Auckland. An enrolment zone is in place to manage significant housing development in the area. The values of the school are built on and defined in the Cosgrove Way.

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

To provide a safe, supportive, and inclusive environment by developing a culture of positive respectful relationships that:

• promotes teaching and learning
• creates an environment in which the Cosgrove Way empowers everyone to succeed
• enhances pupil’s self-esteem and encourages self-respect and respect for others
• develops a school culture where children and whānau are active participants in the learning process.

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

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how effectively the school builds leadership and teacher capability to lift student achievement in literacy.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:

• lifting student achievement to attain equitable and excellent learning outcomes for all students
• leaders and teachers using culturally responsive practices and contexts that are meaningful and relevant to Cosgrove students.

The school expects to see:

• consistent schoolwide practice in literacy
• acceleration of progress and achievement in literacy for all students
• leaders and teachers using culturally responsive practices and contexts that are meaningful and relevant to Cosgrove learners.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support the school in its goal to build leaders and teachers capability to lift student achievement in literacy.

• school values are well embedded in the Cosgrove Way
• wellbeing and hauora are actively promoted and supported by a well-resourced school environment
• an established plan aligned to improving literacy programmes and lifting student achievement.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• continuing to implement and embed effective teaching strategies to improve outcomes in literacy 
• enhancing learner focussed relationships with whanau so they can assist and support children
• continuing to build teachers capability and capacity to use assessment and moderation to inform literacy teaching practices.

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

9 August 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