New Windsor School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within 12 months of the Education Review Office and New Windsor 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 

New Windsor School is in New Windsor, Auckland and caters for ākonga in Years 1 to 6. An enrolment zone has been introduced to manage roll growth. The vision for the school is ‘to be the best you can be’. New Windsor School is a member of the Lynfield Kāhui Ako and has a long history of serving the local community.

New Windsor School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for ākonga are to:

• strengthen partnerships and networks
• develop rich authentic and responsive curriculum that sets up ākonga for success
• empower staff and ākonga to build resilience and wellbeing.

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

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate equity and excellence for all ākonga, with a focus on innovation and improved outcomes for Māori, Pacific and priority ākonga.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is the:

• school’s commitment to culturally responsive practices and learner agency
• school’s strategic plan values building the evaluative capability of teachers to respond effectively to the learning needs of all ākonga
• opportunity it provides for further monitoring and reporting to inform the pace and success of change.

The school expects to see improved outcomes for Māori, Pacific and priority ākonga, whose engagement, progress and achievement is supported by innovative, culturally responsive teaching practice and the development of learner agency.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to evaluate equity and excellence for all ākonga:

• the wellbeing of all ākonga is well promoted within an inclusive learning climate
• organisational structures include systems and processes that effectively evaluate the impact of teaching and learning
• leaders consistently prioritise and plan for school improvement by pursuing the school’s vision, goals and targets for equity and excellence
• professional development is focused on enhancing teaching capability with an equity focus for Māori, Pacific and priority learners.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• continued tracking and monitoring of the engagement, progress and achievement of all ākonga
• strengthened school wide evaluation, inquiry and knowledge building for improvement and innovation, with a clear focus on Māori, Pacific and priority learners
• continued promotion of ākonga agency and wellbeing through the use of the New Windsor Learner Profile
• an explicit focus on all ākonga experiencing deep learning in relation to te ao Māori, te reo Māori me ōna tikanga and mātauranga Māori.

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

22 August 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