Mountain View School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

 Background

This Profile Report was written within 9 months of the Education Review Office and Mountain View 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

Mountain View School | Te Kura Tirohanga Maunga is in Māngere Bridge and nestled at the base of Te Pane o Mataaoho (Māngere Mountain). The school provides education for tamariki in Years 0 to 6 who come from diverse backgrounds and a range of local suburbs. Most tamariki who attend the school identify as Māori and/or Pacific. 

The leadership team are working with the school community to manage the growing school roll and evolving demographic. 

Mountain View School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:

• Marautanga me Whakaako | Curriculum and Practice – Relevant, real, responsive curriculum taught by effective, research driven teachers.
• Whanaungatanga | Community – Rich relationships based on partnership, participation and protection.
• Ahurea Tuakiri | Diversity, Identity and Culture – Recognising the value in all and ensuring success through any means possible.
• Taaria te Waa me Kaitiakitanga | Continuity and Potential – Systems and processes that ensure long term sustainable success.
• Hauora | Wellbeing – Promoting physical, spiritual, mental and emotional health. 

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

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how well a holistic approach to student wellbeing and learning accelerates achievement outcomes for tamariki. 

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is to ensure the continued focus on raising and accelerating achievement for all tamariki. This is a key aspect of a school-wide approach to improving valued outcomes for tamariki and supporting them to thrive with confidence. 

Through the school-wide holistic approach to meeting the needs of tamariki, the school expects to see:

• tamariki experiencing a learning environment which continually improves and responds to their needs, aspirations, cultures, languages and identities
• accelerated progress in the foundation areas of literacy and numeracy
• teachers consistently using effective strategies and practices to promote equitable and excellent outcomes for all tamariki
• further opportunities to enhance tamariki agency and access to a broad and meaningful curriculum 
• school-wide leadership of teaching and learning that is well established and focused on continuous improvement. 

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to evaluate how well they accelerate outcomes for tamariki:

• the school’s values of honesty, humility, determination, respect, kindness and courage underpin school systems and processes
• teaching is characterised by respect, inclusion, responsiveness, empathy and safety to support learning and accelerated progress
• school leaders’ model and ensure a continuously improving, culturally responsive approach based on relational trust across the school community
• community collaboration is well established and developing into learning centred relationships and partnerships
• the school has the collective capacity to do and use evaluation for improvement and innovation with a clear focus on equitable and excellent outcomes for tamariki. 

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will continue to prioritise:

• the development of a shared understanding of achievement at Mountain View School | Te Kura Tirohanga Maunga across all stakeholders
• engaging in professional learning related to accelerating progress and achievement for tamariki 
• building a school culture that aligns with the values and aspirations of the community. 

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

25 January 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