Panmure Bridge School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report 

Background

This Profile Report was written within 6 months of the Education Review Office and Panmure Bridge 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

Panmure Bridge School is located in Panmure, Auckland. It caters for students from Years 1 to 8. The school’s values are C.A.R.E (Confidence, Attitude, Respect, Excellence). The school is a member of the Manaiakalani Kāhui Ako and works with the Woolf Fisher Research Centre at the University of Auckland.

Panmure Bridge School’s strategic aims for improving outcomes for learners are that each child:

• attains 1.5 times expected shift in their reading achievement over the school year
• attains 1.5 times expected shift in their maths achievement over the school year
• has available health and wellbeing programmes that support their personal growth.

You can find a copy of the school’s charter and annual plan on Panmure Bridge School’s website.

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate the impact of how strengthening the bicultural foundations of the school, through a more localised curriculum, improves outcomes for all learners.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation focus is to: 

• ensure the Panmure Bridge school curriculum includes a greater understanding of biculturalism
• support students to understand the concept of turangawaewae (place to stand) starting with their local area, its history, people, and whenua and how they are all interconnected 
• embed teacher knowledge, capability, and pedagogy around te ao Māori me ōna tikanga Māori to ensure the cultural applications of these taonga are sustained. 

The school expects to see further evidence of:

• improved learning outcomes for all ākonga with a focus on accelerated progress
• learning opportunities that a contextualised to the local community and wider Aotearoa NZ
• the Aotearoa New Zealand Histories curriculum is woven into the design of the school curriculum
• staff growing in their confidence of the use of te reo Māori and teaching of te Ao Māori
• students’ increasing wellbeing, identity and sense of belonging to their local community.

Strengths 

The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to develop the bicultural foundations of the school: 

• collaborative, dedicated staff who are focused on improving outcomes for all ākonga
• supportive and evidence-informed school leadership, who are focused on continuous improvement
• active membership in Manaiakalani who provide networking opportunities, advice and support for school leaders and teachers
• well-resourced learning culture focused on allocating resources to initiatives that improve student outcomes.

Where to next?  

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• ongoing support for teachers to continue exploring what it means to be bicultural in Aotearoa NZ
• planned high quality teaching and learning programmes for ākonga that reflect the local area
• continuing to make use of the evidence-based data the school collects to influence teaching and learning. 

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 March 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