Robertson Road School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within 3 months of the Education Review Office and Robertson Road 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

Robertson Road School is located in Mangere, South Auckland and provides education for students in Years 1 to 8. Since the last ERO review, two new senior leaders have been appointed.

The school vision is ‘Aim High, Together We Fly’ (Whāinga Tiketike Tahi Rere Tatou) and its values are ‘Respect, Relationships and Service’.

Robertson Road School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:

• to develop high achieving students
• to build evaluative practice
• student wellbeing and engagement
• Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

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

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate the effectiveness of teaching and its impact on learners’ progress and achievement.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is to:

• respond to student achievement data and improve student success
• improve and sustain teacher capability by accessing models of best practice and evaluating their effectiveness
• align actions and strategies for success for all with the school’s strategic goals
• meet parent/whānau high aspirations for their children’s success.

The school expects to see:

• improvements in students’ success and learning outcomes
• students who are well prepared to transition to further learning
• consistent and sustained use of effective teaching strategies.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support the improvement of effective teaching and its impact on learners’ progress and achievement:

• the way the school promotes student agency and ownership of learning
• the provision of pastoral care to support student hauora/wellbeing
• teachers' contribution to leading best practice in the wider learning community
• links and connections with family and whānau
• high levels of community engagement.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• embedding teachers’ structured literacy practices to improve students’ expression and their access to learning across the curriculum
• promoting effective teaching strategies including cultural responsiveness to improve student engagement in learning in a meaningful and authentic curriculum.

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

6 October 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 a Samoan Bilingual unit, ‘Puna o le Malamalama’, for students in Years 1 to 8.