Review 20 July 2023
LatestTe Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
Background
This Profile Report was written within 7 months of the Education Review Office and Mauku 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
Mauku School is a semi-rural school close to Pukekohe and Waiuku, providing education for students in Years 1 to 6. The school promotes the ‘Mauku Way: caring, contributing and conquering’.
Mauku School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:
- to be a sustainable learning community
- to grow teacher capability
- to embrace inclusiveness and diversity.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Mauku School’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how effectively internal evaluation systems and processes are improving student outcomes.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is to:
- formalise internal evaluation process to better determine where to focus next steps to improve student outcomes
- provide more consistency in practice and internal evaluation over time.
The school expects to see a formalised cycle of internal evaluation using a range of data that informs decisions about further building teacher practice.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to use internal evaluation systems to improve student outcomes:
- Well-established relationships with community and whānau.
- Collaborative partnerships with community agencies to support student progress and achievement.
- The ‘Mauku Way’ is embedded in the school culture.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
- reviewing and modifying current internal evaluation systems and processes to create a ‘Mauku Way’ internal evaluation framework
- implementing the internal evaluation framework to review aspects of the strategic plan moving forward.
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
20 July 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