Edmonton School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within six months of the Education Review Office and Edmonton School working in Te Ara Huarau, an improvement evaluation approach 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 

Edmonton School is a Years 1 to 6 school in Te Atatū, Auckland. The school’s vision is Working Together: Achieving Together – Mahi Tahi Tātou and the values of Respect, Responsibility and Resilience are promoted throughout the school.

Edmonton School hosts a satellite class for Arohanui Special School. The school is a member of the Te Atatū Kāhui Ako - Te Hapori o ngā Kura o Te Atatū.

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

• students learn, achieve, and progress in the breadth and depth of The New Zealand Curriculum, participating in caring, collaborative and inclusive learning communities

• deliberate acts of teaching within cognitively rich classrooms are targeted to students’ learning needs

• effective culturally responsive pedagogy supports and promotes student learning

• the school and the community are engaged in reciprocal learning-centred relationships

• leadership collaboratively develops and pursues the school’s vision, goals and targets for equity and excellence

• the board actively represents and serves the school and education community in its governance role.

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

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how well specific initiatives and explicit teaching in mathematics and statistics promote equity and excellence across the school.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:

• achievement data over the past three years has shown a Covid impact in mathematics achievement which the school is addressing through its strategic priorities

• there are a number of interventions in place to address learning needs in mathematics

• Te Atatū Kāhui Ako has a specific focus on mathematics and statistics, with a programme of professional learning and development for teachers and leaders.

The school expects to see consistency in mathematical teaching across the school so that learners are engaged, confident, successful and well-supported to take charge of their own learning goals.

Strengths

Edmonton School can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to evaluate how well specific initiatives and explicit teaching in mathematics and statistics promote equity and excellence across the school:

• a school culture of genuine care and respect for all learners and their whānau

• teachers and leaders are committed to new learning

• a collaborative teaching and learning environment within the school and across the Te Atatū Kāhui Ako

• a strongly supportive school board which promotes a holistic approach to learning.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• reviewing and evaluating practices and achievement information to identify which interventions have been successful in raising achievement

• improving equity and increasing student achievement overall by developing a local curriculum which reflects and responds to the cultures represented in the school

• coaching and mentoring strategies for leaders to lead and monitor professional learning for teachers

• strengthening home school partnerships to engage parents and whānau in reciprocal learning-centred relationships

• continuing connections with other schools to embed the use of learning progressions and the shared understanding effective practices in mathematics and statistics.

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

17 October 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