Pukekohe North School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within 6 months of the Education Review Office and Pukekohe North 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 

Pukekohe North School provides education in both the English and Māori medium. Pukekohe North School promotes the values of Be Respectful - Whakaaute mai, Be Responsible – Rangatiratanga, Be Confident - Mauri Tu, and Be Safe – Haumarutia.

Pukekohe North School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are to focus on:

• raising achievement across the school 
• fully enacting Te Tiriti o Waitangi
• inclusiveness for student wellbeing, engagement and learning.  

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

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how effectively data is being used to inform teaching and learning programmes to raise student engagement, progress and achievement. 

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is to: 

• implement new data gathering and analyse programmes to support tracking of student learning and achievement
• track student learning and achievement information so that teachers know and understand the impact strategies are having on accelerating progress.

The school expects to see:

• teachers and whānau confident in using school systems and processes to know where each student/child is at and what their next learning steps are 
• responsive programmes for learning that support accelerated progress for learners who need this
• increased number of students achieving at the expected levels of the curriculum across the school.

Strengths 

The school can draw from the following strengths to support the school in its goal to improve student outcomes.

• Positive school climate with students keen to engage and learn. 
• Whānau partnerships and community engagement support student learning and wellbeing.

Rumaki/Bilingual Outcomes and Conditions to Support Learners

Tamariki outcomes

• Tamariki are confidently engaged in a curriculum that explores te ao Māori. 
• Achievement data shows tamariki are making accelerated literacy and numeracy progress.
• Tamariki are experiencing educational and cultural success strengthening their identity as Māori. 
• Tamariki are highly motivated to learn through the provision of te reo Māori. 

Conditions to support learners

• A strong foundation of tikanga and matauranga Māori exposes tamariki to te reo and tikanga of mana whenua.
• Kaiako are using valid assessment tools to make accurate judgements about tamariki progress. 
• Distributing targeted funding provides additional rich authentic learning experiences to embed learning. 
• Authentic educational partnerships support the learning of tamariki within and beyond the unit.

Priorities for Improvement

• Engage mana whenua in an authentic collaboration to lead the development of a localised curriculum.
• Senior leaders to develop an understanding of rumaki assessment to enable robust data analysis.
• Build relational trust between senior leadership and rumaki leaders to foster collaboration and professional agency within the unit.
• Strengthen Māori medium pathways to support tamariki progressions through the provision of te reo Māori.  

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise: 

• leadership coordinating the implementation and review of new systems and processes to support staff, whānau and students
• staff participating in professional development to understand how to use systems and processes to collect and analyse student achievement data
• identifying target students in each class for reading, writing and math to track learner progress and achievement.

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

13 May 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