Papamoa Primary School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within seven months of the Education Review Office and Pāpāmoa 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 

Pāpāmoa Primary School is located in Tauranga Moana in the Bay of Plenty and provides education for students in Years 1 to 6. A new principal started in 2022 and there has been a new senior leadership structure developed for 2023. Te Manawanui was established in 2021 to provide bilingual education for tamariki, and has grown from two to four classes over the past two years.

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

• to support and develop all students and staff to grow as successful learners

• to embrace the identity, language and culture of the students, staff and whānau across the community.

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

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how effectively the school’s programmes and practices are enabling equitable outcomes for all students and challenging learners to excel and achieve excellence. Continuing to strengthen and embed culturally responsive practices and empower students in their learning are ongoing priorities for the school.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:

• the opportunity it provides to respond increasingly effectively to school data to address the learning needs of identified students

• the school’s commitment to growing successful learners through an inclusive and responsive curriculum.

The school expects to see further actions implemented to strengthen equitable outcomes and success for all.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to enable equitable and excellent outcomes for learners:

• leadership that collaboratively develops and pursues the school’s vision, promotes an inclusive school whānau and a positive culture for learning

• well-established school processes that identify and support the individual needs of target learners and students with additional needs

• the provision of ongoing professional learning, coaching and mentoring that prioritises effective collaboration and builds consistency of practices.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• extending the analysis of data to support effective evidence-based evaluation and inform further responsive planning for continuous improvement

• continuing to grow and strengthen teacher capability to address the ongoing and diverse needs of all students and enable accelerated learning outcomes

• strengthening assessment practices to promote students’ understanding and knowledge of their own learning and enhance culturally responsive practices.

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

24 May 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