Kaukapakapa School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report  

Background 

This Profile Report was written within 6 months of the Education Review Office and ​Kaukapakapa 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  

Kaukapakapa School is on the Kaipara Coast Highway and caters for students from Years 1 to 8. The school sits on Ngāti Whātua whenua and continues to have many intergenerational connections with families within the Kaipara area.  

The core values of Respect - Whakaute, Kindness - Atawhai, Effort - Whakapau kaha, Excellence - Tutuki, and Honesty – Tūturu are encouraged within the school’s culture.  

​​Kaukapakapa School​’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are: 

• further develop and implement systems and structures in place for the support and tracking of learners with additional considerations 
• fidelity of practice across literacy and numeracy teaching and learning programmes will be evident across the school 
• a relevant, engaging, and balanced local curriculum with learner agency and flexibility, utilising the school’s learning model.  

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

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how well a structured literacy approach improves the engagement, progress, and achievement of all learners.  

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:  

• the school has a goal to improve literacy learning outcomes for all students 
• the school has recently implemented new approaches to teaching literacy and wants to know the impact on learning outcomes 
• school leaders are looking for ways to strengthen literacy teaching across all areas of the curriculum. 

The school expects to see a coherent, consistent and highly effective literacy curriculum that supports excellent and equitable writing outcomes for students. 

Strengths  

The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to evaluate how well a structured literacy approach improves the engagement, progress, and achievement of all learners: 

• leaders and teachers collaboratively enact the school vision and refine planning with a focus on equity for all students  
• partnerships with school stakeholders are focused on strengthening school performance, and equitable and excellent outcomes for all students 
• an inclusive and positive learning environment that promotes diversity, respect and empathy  
• positive school values are embedded and celebrated throughout the school.  

Where to next? 

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:  

• professional development for all staff to continue to build collective capability for the effective teaching of literacy 
• professional learning groups that focus on literacy targets and clear expectations for literacy teaching 
• the use of literacy progressions to support learner assessment capability. 

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 

​​8 April 2024​ 

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