Hillsborough School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within 15 months of the Education Review Office and Hillsborough 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

Hillsborough Primary School provides education for learners from Years 0 to 6. The school’s vision is to grow learners and develop citizens. This is underpinned by the school values of learning to learn, effective learning relationships for learning, learning partnerships and opportunities for learning.

Hillsborough Primary School belongs to the Puketāpapa Community of Learning | Kāhui Ako.

Hillsborough Primary School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:

• to grow engaged and empowered learners who strive for personal excellence and achieve success through learning how to learn

• to have reflective and evaluative teaching practice as a means to enhance teacher capability and improve learning outcomes for all ākonga.

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

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how well Hillsborough School develops and delivers an holistic, authentic student focused local curriculum.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is to:

• fully embed visible learning practices across the school

• consult and collaborate with all stakeholders to develop an authentic local curriculum.

The school expects to see:

• ensuring visible learning practices are refined and embedded across the school

• consistent practice to promote improved student agency and excellence in teaching and learning

• an awareness and promotion of culturally responsive practice so that equitable outcomes are provided for all ākonga.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support it in its goal to develop and deliver an holistic, authentic student focused local curriculum.

• positive learning environments that are focussed on the school values and promote learner agency

• a responsive school culture that celebrates diversity and contributes to a sense of belonging for all ākonga

• ongoing review of strategic goals and direction to monitor the effectiveness of the impact on learning

• analysis of data using class profiles to support responsive planning and ongoing evaluation of actions, to raise ākonga achievement.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• continuing to make learning visible and promoting student agency as a schoolwide focus

• review and develop our local curriculum with a culturally responsive approach.

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

1 June 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