Panmure District School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within 8 months of the Education Review Office and Panmure District 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 

Panmure District School caters for years 1-8 ākonga/learners and is in Panmure, Auckland. The school’s vision is for the learning community to work together to grow innovative, confident, resilient leaders and learners. Ākonga can articulate the school values of respect, integrity, self-management, and empathy.

Panmure District School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are to:

• grow holistically academic students

• grow effective learning relationships

• grow school culture

• grow staff capacity.

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

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate the school’s focus on ākonga progress and achievement and how well culturally responsive teaching practice provides equitable and excellent learning outcomes for all ākonga.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:

• recognition and focus on mitigating the constraints of attendance, transience and multiple years of a global pandemic

• ongoing strengthening of assessment practices to develop teachers’ data literacy and assessment for learning (AfoL) practices

• to ensure that newly implemented curriculum delivery and assessment practices and processes are evidenced through quality teaching and learning outcomes.

The school expects to see:

• culturally responsive teaching and learning, where ākonga identity, culture and language are evidenced in every classroom and across the school’s broad curriculum

• explicit and consistent teaching practice focused on continuous improvement in literacy and numeracy

• authentic ākonga learning inquiries that enhance wellbeing, agency and success for all ākonga

• an inclusive school culture where learning relationships, high expectations and attending school every day are the norms

• Kaiako and kaiārahi identifying multiple opportunities to build positive connections with whānau and the community, to celebrate ākonga successes.

The school can draw from the following strengths to support it in its goal to focus on ākonga progress and achievement, underpinned by relational and culturally responsive teaching:

• learning is differentiated to meet ākonga needs

• ākonga critical and creative capabilities are developed through arts, music and child-centred inquiry

• a collaborative local curriculum accesses Panmure District School’s environment, its maunga/mountain, lagoon and local business to build ākonga engagement and agency

• kaiako and Kaiārahi are committed to equity and to every learner feeling valued

• established links to the local area, partnering with Ngāti Pāoa who are mana whenua of the school.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• kaiako and Kaiārahi evaluating and adapting teaching practices to support ākonga to meet expected targets.

• building structured literacy capability with kaiako

• continuing to develop coaching skills to further support teachers in their professional development

• evaluating assessment to ensure individual needs are met.

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

26 May 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

This school has Sommerville Special School satellite class on site.