Henderson North School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

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

Henderson North school, a multi-cultural school in West Auckland provides education for children from Year 0 to Year 6. One third of the children identify as Māori. The school is located near transport hubs which has, in recent years, resulted in a rapid intensification of housing within the area. This, along with COVID, is having an impact on the school roll.

Henderson North School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:

• To continue with effective teaching and learning strategies to increase engagement and achievement.

• To enhance cultural responsiveness by understanding students’ history, customs and working in partnership with students and whānau.

• Provide a safe physical and emotional environment for the school community.

• Develop teacher strategies to accelerate student learning in oral language.

• Create learning focused partnerships with our diverse whānau and community.

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

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how effective:

• school strategies are in building partnership and engagement with whānau and the community

• teachers use strategies to accelerate student learning in oral language.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is to:

• improve and enhance school engagement with whānau and community

• lift children’s confidence so they can engage with their learning

• strengthen teachers’ ability to promote rich local curriculum opportunities to enable children to engage in their learning.

The school expects to see:

• improved student attendance and an increase in opportunities for whānau and community to connect and be engaged with the school

• teachers effectively implement a rich local broad curriculum

• children actively participating, involved in their learning and their achievement levels improve.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support it in its goal to evaluate how effective school strategies are, in building partnership and engagement with whānau and the community, and are strategies teachers use effect in accelerating student learning:

• leaders, teachers and staff committed to enacting the school vision

• middle management leading teaching and learning in their teams

• promoting an inclusive learning culture at all levels of the school.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• professional development for all staff to support their engagement with school priorities

• leaders, teachers and staff really knowing the children so they can promote the best learning outcomes for all children

• holding open days, hui, events and gathering parents and whānau voice to foster a stronger learning partnership with parents to enable children to achieve better learning outcomes.

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

19 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