Target Road School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report 

Background

This Profile Report was written within 4 months of the Education Review Office and Target 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 

Target Road School, on Auckland’s North Shore, caters for students from Years 1 to 6. The school values Respect – Manaakitanga, Resilience – Takohanga, and Responsibility – Manawaroa, underpin the school’s culture. The vision, Whāia Te Iti Kahurangi, is to develop independent learners who aim high and are courageous in their pursuit of learning.

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

• Kahurangi – 75% of all ākonga are achieving above and beyond expectation in reading, writing and mathematics
• Manaakitanga – tier 2 and tier 3 ākonga rate of progress is increasing
• Kotahitanga – increased whānau engagement in learning.

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

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how successful culturally sustaining practices and ways of teaching can improve outcomes for all tamariki.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is: 

• the longitudinal data shows that existing practices need to improve to enable greater success for Māori and Pacific tamariki
• a kura obligation under Te Tiriti o Waitangi, the boards primary objectives and the NELP priorities state that all tamariki have a successful educational experience.

The school expects to see a curriculum that nourishes and allows all ākonga to succeed especially Māori and Pasifika. Kaiako who can successfully implement deliberate teaching and learning practice that support success for all tamariki. Learning partnerships with whānau that improve learning outcomes for their tamariki.

Strengths 

The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to improve culturally sustaining practices and ways of teaching:

• an engaged and determined kaimahi (staff) who can share and develop good teaching practices
• leadership that is focused on improving professional capability and equitable outcomes for all tamariki
• leaders and kaimahi who are committed to ongoing professional learning with a specific focus on the schools core strategic priorities.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise developing: 

• clear systems and processes of how best to work in partnership with whānau using their aspirations to improve learning outcomes
• annual action plans for the delivery of professional learning around Niho Taniwha and Tapasā.

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

12 April 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