Mountview School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within 6 months of the Education Review Office and Mountview 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 

Mountview School is located in Taupō and provides education for students in Years 1-8. The school values are WHAIA - Whakaute (Respect), Hauora (Wellbeing), All together (Kotahitanga), I am responsible (Haepapatanga), and Angitu (Excellence). These values are prioritised in the school and community to support and guide positive outcomes for learners. The school are proud of their valued connections with whānau, community and Ngāti Tūwharetoa iwi. The school has three Level 1 Rumaki classes.

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

• Mountview School values whānau engagement which embraces a partnership by sharing skills and knowledge that leads to successful outcomes for student learning
• everyone will be successful, life long, independent learners and valuable, contributing members of society
• through our teaching pedagogy we place importance on developing key competencies that allow students to successfully function in an ever-changing global community. 

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

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how effectively the Mountview School curriculum positively impacts hauora, engagement, and equitable outcomes of success for all learners.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is to: 

• prioritise the improvement of progress and achievement for all learners
• improve rates of attendance for all learners
• strengthen consistency in teaching, learning and assessment practices across the school.

The school expects to see improvements in:

• outcomes of equity and excellence, including attendance, for all learners
• accelerated progress for those who are underachieving or at risk of underachieving
• consistency of effective and responsive teaching, learning and assessment practices schoolwide
• effective implementation of the Mountview School curriculum resulting in enhanced learner engagement and outcomes of success for every learner. 

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goals:

• established school values that are prioritised in the school and community to support learning and hauora
• collaborative relationships with whānau, hapū and iwi, focused on positive outcomes for learners
• embedded practices that prioritise culturally responsive relationships to support success for every learner
• collaborative leaders and staff who are focused on improving positive outcomes for all learners. 

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise outcomes of equity and excellence for all learners through targeted leadership to ensure schoolwide consistency in: 

• embedding the Mountview School curriculum
• effective teaching, learning and assessment practices
• implementing focused strategies and systems that support hauora, learner engagement and improved attendance rates for all.

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

6 December 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