Cambridge East School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within five months of the Education Review Office and Cambridge East 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 

Cambridge East School is located in the Waikato town of Cambridge. The school caters for learners in Years 1 to 6. The established principal and leadership team continue in their roles.

Cambridge East School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:

• to provide quality learning opportunities that enable learners to succeed in a 21^st century world

• to build a collaborative culture from within

• to build sustainability at Cambridge East School.

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

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate the extent to which learner agency contributes to equitable and excellent outcomes for all aakonga.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:

• effective teaching and learning practices which support learners agency are critical for equitable and excellent outcomes

• further focus on the proven and robust teaching and learning practices following the pandemic is required

• consistent implementation of the identified teaching and learning practices to ensure all learners experience success is needed.

The school expects to see:

• equitable and excellent outcomes for all learners

• consistent implementation of the collaboratively developed school learning ethos

• a shared understanding of the school’s learning ethos amongst whaanau and the wider community.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to evaluate the extent to which learner agency contributes to equitable and excellent outcomes for all aakonga.

• experienced and proactive leaders who have taken a considered approach to develop effective and proven teaching and learning practices

• a collaborative approach to developing the school learning ethos to ensure shared understanding of teaching and learning practices

• robust internal evaluation practices to monitor aakonga progress and achievement across the school.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• further developing the shared understanding of and strategies for implementing the school learning ethos through a range of communications

• the collection of voice from key stakeholders, aakonga, kaiako and whaanau to continue to strengthen the learning-focused relationship for improved learner outcomes

• the continued tracking and monitoring of aakonga progress to more clearly determine the next steps in the learning process.

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

25 August 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