Royal Oak Intermediate School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within six months of the Education Review Office and Royal Oak Intermediate 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 

Royal Oak Intermediate School is in Royal Oak, central Auckland and provides education for students in Years 7 and 8. The school’s motto is: ‘Ka Rere  (to fly)’. The values of respect, excellence, resilience and empathy underpin the school’s culture and philosophy.

Royal Oak Intermediate School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:

• Kauneke me Tutuki / progress and achievement: we will use best practice and robust data to ensure ākonga / learners make progress in their learning and achieve to the best of their ability
• Hauora / wellbeing: we will work to support the good health and wellbeing of everyone at our kura
• Whanaungatanga / relationships: we will develop sound relationships based on trust, transparency and honesty.

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

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how effectively the new curriculum delivery model is supporting the learning, engagement, and equitable achievement outcomes of all ākonga.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is that the school has undertaken a significant restructure of its curriculum delivery. Classes now have curriculum specialists teaching them across all learning areas. 

The school expects to see:

• improved engagement and academic outcomes for all ākonga
• confident ākonga who are well-prepared for the transition to secondary education
• a knowledge-rich curriculum responsive to the local community and context
• teaching which is consistently relevant, challenging and meaningful for all ākonga.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to evaluate how effectively the new curriculum delivery model is supporting the learning, engagement, and equitable achievement outcomes of all ākonga:

• ākonga have increased opportunities to learn and experience a broader curriculum that responds to their cultures, languages and identities, and includes te ao Māori, te reo Māori me ōna tikanga and mātauranga Māori
• the school is continuing to strengthen professional capability and collective capacity to improve achievement outcomes for ākonga
• teachers are strengthening teaching strategies and practices to support ākonga progress.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• further developing a culturally inclusive and responsive local curriculum
• building collective capacity to use evaluation, inquiry and knowledge-building approaches to improve achievement outcomes for all ākonga
• strengthening meaningful, educationally significant connections, communication and relationships with whānau.

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

24 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