Karangahake School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within four months of the Education Review Office and Karangahake 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 

Karangahake School is located near Paeroa and overlooks the Karangahake Gorge and walkway. It provides education for students in Years 1 to 8.

Karangahake School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:

• to develop a local curriculum that builds confident, adaptable, and achieving students in the school’s context

• to enhance the skills of leaders and teachers to ensure individual learners needs are met

• to continue developing partnerships with parents, whānau and iwi to nurture and invest in students’ learning

• to consult with the community on their aspirations for local students.

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

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate the effectiveness of school programmes and practices to raise achievement and improve equitable outcomes for all learners. Strengthening partnerships for learning with parents, families and whānau is an ongoing priority for the school.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:

• the need to respond effectively to school data to enable equitable outcomes for priority learners, boys in literacy and students with additional learning needs

   

• the opportunity it provides to address the school’s strategic priorities for continuous improvement.

The school expects to see deliberate actions implemented to support priority learners to make progress and acceleration in their learning.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support it in its goal to improve equitable outcomes for all students:

• school-wide data analysis that informs decision-making and targeted action to raise student achievement

• a school whānau environment that supports high levels of student engagement and participation.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• continuing to develop teacher capability to meet the diverse needs of all learners and support accelerated outcomes

• reviewing school values in consultation with students, parents and whānau to develop a shared vision and support a positive culture for learning

• developing evidence-based evaluation to inform responsive school planning for 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.

Phil Cowie
Director Review and Improvement Services (Central)
Central Region | Te Tai Pūtahi Nui

21 October 2022 

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