Waipipi School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within fourteen months of the Education Review Office and Waipipi School working in Te Ara Huarau. This is 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 

Waipipi School is located in a rural environment near Waiuku, in the Franklin region. The school provides education for students in Years 1 to 8.

Waipipi School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are focused on:

• student achievement – for all students
• successful communicators – including e-learning
• students interacting positively with others – inclusive and collaborative.

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

ERO and the school are continually working together to evaluate and progress the strategic priorities.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:

• to embed a culture of respect, shared understandings and home-school partnerships to support learning
• to communicate and connect effectively with all parents and whānau to promote student outcomes and wellbeing
• to build knowledge and skills for continuous improvement.

The school expects to see strengthened partnerships for learning that promote positive, equitable outcomes for all learners.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to build connections between home and school that support greater student learning and wellbeing:  

• leadership that uses data effectively to inform school planning, teaching, and direction
• consistent systems and processes that improve the culture for learning.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• developing shared understandings and trusting relationships that are focused on learning
• evaluating the way the school seeks, shares and analyses voice of parents, students and teachers to guide direction
• continuing to build knowledge and skills to enable ongoing school improvement.

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

1 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