Oranga School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within 7 months of the Education Review Office and Oranga 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 

Oranga School, in One Tree Hill, Auckland caters for a diverse group of students from years 1 to 6. The school values of Hiringa, Aroha and Manaakitanga are depicted in the life of the school and underpin the school’s vision of ’Growing our Future Together’.

Oranga School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners to:

• increase learning for all
• provide a future focused curriculum
• strengthen relationships and partnerships.

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

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how effectively culturally responsive practices are positively changing the culture of the school and promoting student success.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:

• the school’s recognition of the inclusive nature of the students and whānau in the school
• the commitment to improving and enhancing te Tiriti o Waitangi principles.

The school expects to see the impact of culturally responsive practices on students holistically, and the impact on staff as they further refine culturally responsive practice.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to evaluate how effectively culturally responsive practices are positively changing the culture of the school and promoting student success.

• positive learning environments are consistently characterised by high expectations, collaboration, empathy, where all ākonga are engaged in their learning
• learner wellbeing that is consistently prioritised and fostered 
• learners have increased opportunities to learn and experience a broad curriculum connected to their culture
• the school has strong inclusive practices including a specific focus on raising achievement for Māori and Pacific ākonga.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise continuing to: 

• strengthen localised curriculum 
• embed te reo Māori and tikanga Māori into the curriculum
• build leader capability to drive continuous improvement.

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

18 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