Mount Maunganui Primary School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report 

Background

This Profile Report was written within 12 months of the Education Review Office and Mount Maunganui Primary 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

Mount Maunganui Primary School is a contributing primary school, located in Mount Maunganui, providing education for Years 1 to 6 students.

Mount Maunganui Primary School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:

• to maximise opportunities for students to achieve their full potential
• implement a localised curriculum that offers broad, authentic learning experiences for all students.

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

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how well the school’s teacher inquiry process is informing effective teaching that supports ongoing improvements in student progress and achievement.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is the need to:

• identify the effectiveness of teaching and learning practices 
• adapt learning programmes for those students needing to make accelerated progress.

The school expects to see:

• improved teaching practices positively impacting on student progress and achievement in reading, writing and mathematics
• reduced disparity for groups of learners, prioritising Māori and boys
• learning programmes designed to meet the needs of learners and the ways in which they learn best.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support the school in its goal to evaluate the impact of a teacher inquiry approach:

• passionate and supportive teachers within a schoolwide culture committed to student well-being and achievement
• strong systems and structures to support team collaboration, designing learning and to support leaders to lead learning across their teams.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• teacher inquiry as a focus schoolwide with appropriate and regular professional learning development
• on-going learning design conversations to support teacher development and adaptation of teaching practice
• implementing effective strategies that supports parity in achievement for individuals and groups of learners.

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

2 April 2024 

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