Review 14 April 2025
LatestSchool Report
Tēnā koutou e mau manawa rahi ki te kaupapa e aro ake nei, ko te tamaiti te pūtake o te kaupapa. Mā wai rā e kawe, mā tātau katoa.
We acknowledge the collective effort, responsibility and commitment by all to ensure that the child remains at the heart of the matter.
About the School
Awakeri School provides education for students in Years 1 to 8. The school’s roll is approximately 340, with 28 percent of students of Māori descent. The school’s vision of Be the Best You Can Be | Creating Channels of Learning for Life is underpinned by the values of Mahi tahi | Working together, Ngākau māhaki | Always positive, Manaakitanga | Kind, Hīranga | Excellence, Manawanui | Resilience, and Motuhake | Independent.
Part A – Parent Summary
How well placed is the school to promote educational success and wellbeing?
| How well are learners succeeding? | Success and progress for all learners is increasing. |
| What is the quality of teaching and learning? | Learners benefit from high quality teaching practice that improves progress and achievement in reading, writing and mathematics. |
| How well does the school curriculum respond to all learners needs? | Learners have sufficient opportunities to learn across the breadth and depth of the curriculum. There is a consistent focus on supporting learners to gain skills in literacy and mathematics. Learners with complex needs are well supported to achieve their education goals. |
| How well does school planning and conditions support ongoing improvement? | School planning and conditions to support ongoing improvement to the quality of education for learners are well established. |
| How well does the school include all learners and promote their engagement and wellbeing? | The school successfully promotes learners’ engagement, wellbeing and inclusion. |
| How well does the school partner with parents, whānau and its community for the benefit of learners? | The school reports usefully and accurately to parents / whānau about their child’s learning, achievement and progress. The school responds well to a wide range of information gathered through community consultation, to inform strategic planning and curriculum decisions. |
| Student Health and Safety | The school board is taking reasonable steps to ensure student health and safety. |
Achievement in Years 0 to 8
This table outlines how well students across the school meet or exceed the expected curriculum level.
Foundation Skills | |
| Reading | Most learners meet or exceed the expected curriculum level. Results are becoming more equitable for all groups of learners. |
| Writing | A large majority of learners meet or exceed the expected curriculum level. Results are becoming more equitable for all groups of learners. |
| Mathematics | Most learners meet or exceed the expected curriculum level. Results are becoming more equitable for all groups of learners. |
Attendance
The school is behind the target of 80% regular attendance.
The school has a suitable plan in place to improve attendance.
Regular attendance is not yet improving towards or beyond the target.
Chronic absence is reducing over time.
Assessment
The school uses an appropriate approach and reliable practices to find out about achievement against the curriculum.
Assessment information is used well to adjust teaching practices to ensure ongoing improvement in teaching and student progress.
Progress
The school has good quality planning to increase the rate of progress for all groups of students.
The school has to some extent improved achievement and progress for those learners most at risk of not achieving since the previous review.
The school has to some extent extended achievement and progress for learners working at or above curriculum levels since the previous review.
The school is making progress towards Government reading, writing and mathematics targets and is likely to meet them by 2030.
An explanation of the terms used in the Parent Summary can be found here: Guide to ERO school reports
Part B - Findings for the school
This section of the report provides more detail for the school to include in strategic and annual planning for ongoing improvement across the school.
Areas of Strength
- Students have a strong sense of wellbeing and pride in their school and experience meaningful learning opportunities that result in increased engagement and positive relationships.
- Leadership promotes a strong culture of professional learning and development among staff that enhances curriculum knowledge and teaching practices.
- Structured literacy and mathematics programmes are well embedded throughout the school and student outcomes are increasingly equitable.
- The board and leaders use evidence from different sources, including community consultation and student achievement information, to evaluate and inform the school’s strategic direction, with a focus on continuous improvement.
Key priorities and actions for improvement
The agreed next steps for the school are to:
- strengthen teachers’ collective knowledge and delivery of teaching and learning strategies that enable students to lead their own learning, supporting more equitable and excellent outcomes for all learners in literacy and mathematics
- embed the integration of te reo Māori, tikanga Māori and mātauranga Māori so that staff and learners continue to develop confidence in their understanding and knowledge of Aotearoa New Zealand
- monitor initiatives to improve and sustain higher levels of regular attendance for all students.
The agreed actions for the next improvement cycle and timeframes are as follows.
Every six months:
- provide teachers with relevant professional learning opportunities that support consistent approaches to student-led learning that supports improved progress and achievement
- review the integration of te reo Māori, tikanga Māori and mātauranga Māori across the school to increase staff and students’ understanding and use
- monitor rates of student attendance to know the impact of initiatives and inform further school actions
Annually:
- review and report to the board on student attendance, progress and achievement information and the impact of teachers’ professional learning on increasing student outcomes in literacy and mathematics
- evaluate progress with embedding te reo Māori, tikanga Māori and mātauranga Māori across the school to strategically plan next steps.
Actions taken against these next steps are expected to result in:
- enhanced student progress and achievement for all groups of learners, with confident students able to discuss their own learning and determine their next steps
- learners and teachers confident in their understanding and use of te reo Māori, tikanga Māori and mātauranga Māori
- sustained and increased regular student attendance.
Part C: Regulatory and Legislative Requirements
Board Assurance with Regulatory and Legislative Requirements
All schools are required to promote student health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements.
During this review the Board has attested to some regulatory and legislative requirements in the following areas:
Board Administration
Yes
Curriculum
Yes
Management of Health, Safety and Welfare
Yes
Personnel Management
Yes
Actions for Compliance
ERO has identified the following areas of non-compliance during the board assurance process:
- all registered teachers, including those employed part-time, have completed the online mandatory module for understanding the rules and guidelines for physical restraint
[s101 Education and Training Act 2020] - safety checks of school employees must comply with the requirements for a risk assessment.
[Schedule 4, no 9(2b) Education and Training Act 2020, s31 (1) Children’s Act 2014].
The board has since addressed the areas of non-compliance identified.
ERO’s role will be to support the school in its evaluation for improvement cycle to improve outcomes for all learners. The next public report on ERO’s website will be a School Report and is due within three years.
Me mahi tahi tonu tātau, kia whai oranga a tātau tamariki
Let’s continue to work together for the greater good of all children
Sharon Kelly
Director of Schools (Acting)
14 April 2025
Education Counts
This website provides further information about the school’s student population, student engagement and student achievement. educationcounts.govt.nz/home