Maramarua School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within seven months of the Education Review Office and Maramarua 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 

Maramarua School, located in the Hauraki District, provides education for students in Years 0 – 8 and Technology education for schools in the local district. In 2021, the school appointed a first-time Principal and experienced significant roll growth.

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

• to strengthen teaching and learning through a focus on localised curriculum and visible learning

• to develop school-wide culturally responsive practices.

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

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate the extent to which an engaging localised curriculum, and consistent teaching and assessment practices are supporting more equitable outcomes for learners.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:

• the need to establish a firm foundation in literacy and mathematics to enable students to access the broader curriculum

• the opportunity to understand the impact of significant shifts in practice on learner outcomes

• a commitment to pursuing more excellent and equitable outcomes for all learners.

The school expects to see:

• an engaging localised curriculum providing rich learning opportunities for students

• teachers responding to reliable student achievement information with programmes tailored to students’ needs

• teachers using school-wide assessment progressions to support students and their whānau to engage in their learning journey.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to improve learner outcomes:

• leadership at all levels that is deliberately pursuing a shared improvement agenda

• a commitment to delivering a broad curriculum as outlined in the New Zealand Curriculum

• a learning culture that promotes engagement and inclusion

• the capacity to use student achievement information to identify areas for growth.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise continuing to:

• develop an engaging curriculum that provides rich learning opportunities for students and aligns with nationwide educational priorities

• use a range of assessment tools, including Maramarua progressions, to identify the needs of learners, particularly priority learners

• tailor the learning opportunities to the identified needs of each learner to support improved outcomes

• make learning progress and next steps visible to students and whānau to support their increased engagement in the learning journey.

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.

Phil Cowie
Director Review and Improvement Services (Central)
Central Region | Te Tai Pūtahi Nui

20 December 2022 

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