Aorangi School (Rotorua)

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within 12 months of the Education Review Office and Aorangi School (Rotorua) 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 

Ko Ngongotaha te maunga
Ko Te Rotorua-nui-ā-Kahumatamomoe te roto
Ko Te Arawa te waka
Ko Te Arawa te iwi

Aorangi School is in Rotorua and provides education for Years 1 to 6.  A new principal was appointed in term 1, 2022. 

Aorangi School (Rotorua)’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are to:

• improve tamariki learning and achievement in literacy and numeracy
• develop positive systems and processes that are promote with tamariki wellbeing and improve tamariki achievement
• further develop the Aorangi local curriculum to enhance language, culture and identity.

You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Aorangi School (Rotorua)’s website.

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how well the teaching and learning programmes improve student progress and achievement in literacy.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is to: 

•  improve tamariki confidence and achievement in literacy
• develop consistency in the teaching and learning programmes across the school.

The school expects to see:

• excellent and equitable outcomes for students in literacy 
• aligned teacher planning and assessment information to meet the diverse needs of tamariki.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support the school’s focus to improve tamariki outcomes in literacy?

• leaders, whānau and staff who are aware of the need for and are committed to, improving outcomes for all tamariki
• leadership that facilitates an environment that prioritises wellbeing for tamariki
• professional learning and development that develops individual teaching strengths to contribute to the collective 
• school, whānau and community that are engaged in reciprocal relationships that strengthens learning partnerships and enacts the school values.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise: 

• developing coherent organisational conditions that promotes evaluation, inquiry and knowledge building to strengthen literacy programmes across the school
• strengthening the collective use of evaluation to build capacity that sustains 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

7 December 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