Korakonui School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within twelve months of the Education Review Office and Korakonui 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 

Korakonui School is located in a rural community near Te Awamutu and provides education for students in Years 1 to 8. A new principal started at the beginning of 2022.

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

• engaging every learner in learning every day

• designing and embedding a responsive curriculum

• removing barriers and limitations for all learners.

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

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how effectively the local curriculum is improving student engagement and enabling equitable outcomes for all learners. Strengthening partnerships for learning with parents 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 improve the achievement of boys in literacy and support equitable outcomes for students with additional needs

• address attendance issues and support greater levels of student engagement in learning.

The school expects to see deliberate actions implemented to strengthen curriculum to further respond to the learning needs of all students.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to enable equitable learning outcomes for boys and improved engagement for all students:

• a culture of collaboration that supports ongoing professional learning for teachers and shared understandings of effective practice

• an inclusive approach to identifying all students at-risk that enables differentiated learning opportunities through targeted action

• effective systems and processes that support the coordination and review of responsive interventions to improve outcomes for learners.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• engaging boys in quality learning programmes to improve equitable outcomes

• actions to strengthen partnerships for learning and support increased student attendance and engagement

• opportunities at all levels to evaluate the quality of school programmes to strengthen and sustain school evaluation capability.

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

25 August 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