Monte Cecilia Catholic School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within eighteen months of the Education Review Office and Monte Cecilia Catholic 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 

Monte Cecilia Catholic School is a state integrated primary school for students in years 1 to 6. The school is a member of the Auckland Central Catholic Schools Community of Learning.

Monte Cecilia Catholic School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:

• fostering the development of our special Catholic character within the context of our Mercy charism
• students will be engaged in their learning and have high levels of achievement and progress
• our school, church and community will work together to develop rich relationships and support the learning of all students
• our school will equip students with skills to be confident, contributing disciples.

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

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how effectively assessment practices promote strong, active learner agency that supports the achievement and progress of all learners.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:

• to address the achievement of each individual learner by developing teacher capability
• to ensure teachers are consistently using appropriate assessment
• to develop ways to strengthen community understanding and engagement with their children's learning and progress.

The school expects to see the use of consistent and robust information about how well each learner is achieving and progressing across the whole curriculum. Teachers will use achievement information to show patterns of progress over time and inform curriculum planning to support engagement in learning.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support the school in its goal to evaluate how effectively assessment practices promote strong, active learner agency.

• a supportive school community who positively engage in learning focused partnerships
• leaders and staff who have a shared understanding of the mission and vision of the school and are improvement focused
• shared understanding and strong sense of belonging through the school’s special character and Mercy values.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• developing teacher capability through professional development with an Assessment for Learning focus and the use of achievement information.
• continuing to develop community engagement through Fono and whānau feedback
• developing and further enhancing the development of our curriculum
• developing moderation of assessment and analysis processes to ensure consistency across the school.

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

13 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