Motumaoho School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within 12 months of the Education Review Office and Motumaoho 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 

Motumaoho is a small rural school catering for students in Years 1 to 6. It is located 7km outside Morrinsville, surrounded by farmland. A new Principal was appointed in 2021.

Motumaoho School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are to:

• accelerate ‘our learners in mathematics, reading and writing’

• accelerate ‘our Māori learners and priority learners’

• implement ways to ‘take care of the environment that we live and learn in’

• grow community involvement.

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

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how effectively assessment data is being used to inform teaching and learning programmes.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is to:

• accelerate student progress and achievement and address the specific learning needs of Māori and priority learners

• report to the board of trustees and community about student progress and achievement

• develop teacher practice to improve student outcomes.

The school expects to see:

• equitable and excellent outcomes for learners

• systems and processes to track student progress and achievement included in the reporting cycle

• the localised curriculum embedded in teaching and learning programmes.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to evaluate how effectively assessment data is being used to inform teaching and learning programmes:

• student management systems have been implemented and assessment tools updated

• localised curriculum planning is in place to support the development of teaching and learning programmes

• growing student-centred community and school connections.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• professional development to strengthen teacher capability to use data to inform teaching and learning programmes

• further develop of localised curriculum design and implementation.

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

17 February 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