Northcote School (Auckland)

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within 6 months of the Education Review Office and Northcote School (Auckland) 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 

Northcote School (Auckland) is situated in Northcote. It provides education for ākonga Year 0 to Year 6.

Northcote School’s vision, Together|Ngātahi, Aspire|Manawanui, Succeed|Tutukitanga is supported by the school’s values of Respect for self, others and the environment.

In recent years, there has been considerable redevelopment of the school site, including the refurbishment and upgrade of all teaching and learning spaces.

Northcote School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for ākonga are:

• engage all children in a creative and responsive curriculum underpinned by evidence-based teaching and learning practices to raise ākonga achievement

• strengthen our sense of community by improving the ways in which we communicate, engage and collaborate to ensure happy staff, ākonga and wider school community

• provide safe, attractive, functional learning spaces & grounds that promote our commitment to aspiring and succeeding together.

You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Northcote School (Auckland) website.

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how well schoolwide collaborative teaching and learning practices enable equity and excellent outcomes for all ākonga.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is that teachers continue to:

• strengthen collaborative teaching strategies and practices to further promote greater equity and excellence learning outcomes for all ākong

  collaboratively use relevant, challenging and meaningful learning activities

   

• engage with professional development and school processes that improve teaching including collaboration and moderation with a focus on equity and excellence for all ākonga. 

The school expects to see the use of schoolwide effective collaborative teaching strategies and practices applied in adaptive ways that promote equitable and excellent learning outcomes for all ākonga.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support the school in its goal to evaluate how well collaborative schoolwide teaching and learning practices enable equity and excellent outcomes for all ākonga:

• ākonga experience a school learning climate that is positive and culturally responsive to promoting equity and excellence learning outcomes

• professional staff relationships are focused on the learning and wellbeing of each ākonga

• school leadership continues to strengthen teachers' professional capability and collective capacity to improve ākonga outcomes as well as ongoing improvement and innovation

• close monitoring, regular evaluation and reporting against targets underpin ākonga improvement.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise: 

• embedding processes and systems that improve teaching including collaboration and moderation that promote school wide consistency in teaching and learning practices  

• continuing to access professional development that promotes the use of collaborative teaching and learning practices with a focus on equity and excellence learning outcomes for all ākonga. 

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

17 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