Papatoetoe West School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within 12 months of the Education Review Office and Papatoetoe West 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 

Papatoetoe West School is located in Papatoetoe, Auckland and caters for learners in Years 1-6. The school’s vision is ‘Together we strive for growth through learning – E Tū Kahikatea’. The board appointed a new Principal in Term 1 2023. Papatoetoe West School is an Enviro School and is a member of the West Papatoetoe Kāhui Ako. 

Papatoetoe West School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are: 

• Be innovative
• Be sustainable
• Be inclusive.

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

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how well review and evaluation informs and develops a responsive and inclusive local curriculum, for improved outcomes for all ākonga.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is: 

• the school has a strategic goal to be inclusive and demonstrate culturally responsive teaching practices 
• the opportunity it provides to further strengthen learning-centred relationships with parents, families and whānau
• to sustain evaluation processes that inform equity and excellence for all ākonga.

The school expects to see:

• ākonga experiencing a responsive and inclusive localised curriculum which continues to improve, and respond to their cultures, languages and identities
• meaningful, respectful and purposeful learning relationships between home and school that contribute to the learning, wellbeing and self-efficacy of all ākonga
• leaders and teachers continuing to monitor, inquire, build knowledge and evaluate to inform equitable and excellent outcomes for all ākonga.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to evaluate how well monitoring, review and evaluation informs and develops a responsive and inclusive local curriculum design, for improved outcomes for all ākonga:

• the wellbeing of ākonga is well promoted within an inclusive learning climate
• professional development is focused on culturally responsive teaching practice and ākonga relationships that support their language culture and identity
• leaders and teachers collectively use evaluation and inquiry for improved equitable and excellent ākonga outcomes.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise: 

• continued tracking and monitoring of the engagement, progress and achievement of all ākonga
• sustained school wide evaluation, inquiry and knowledge building processes that inform a responsive and inclusive curriculum design
• strategies that build on and sustain meaningful, respectful and purposeful learning relationships between home and school.

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 February 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