Tamahere Model Country School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within eight months of the Education Review Office and Tamahere Model Country 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 

Tamahere Model Country School is located in a semi-rural setting between Hamilton and Cambridge and provides education for students in Years 1 to 6. The school is part of NAMSA (Normal and Model Schools’ Association) and partners with the University of Waikato to support initial teacher education at both undergraduate and graduate levels. The school has strong links to the Hillcrest Kāhui Ako.

Tamahere Model Country School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:

• to build student capability, achievement, resilience, and cultural connectedness – kia maia, kia manāki, kia kotahi
• to build staff capability and sustainability through living the school’s vision embedding collaboration and consistency – kia atawhai ā mua kia tipu ngatahi
• to provide a safe and inclusive physical environment that enhances collaborative learning and teaching.

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

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how effectively school programmes and practices are improving outcomes for all learners. Enabling equity for identified groups of learners and challenging students to excel and achieve excellence are ongoing priorities for the school.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:

• to continue to respond effectively to trends and patterns in school achievement data
• the school’s commitment to providing high-quality opportunities for students to be supported and challenged in their learning.

The school expects to see further actions implemented to enhance the effectiveness of the school’s curriculum for continuous learner improvement and success.

Strengths

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

• a positive culture for learning that supports student engagement, promotes effective partnerships and enhances wellbeing for all
• teaching and learning programmes that respond to the needs of learners and enable high levels of student achievement
• leadership that collaboratively develops and pursues the school’s vision, prioritises actions for improvement and contributes to the effective evaluation of the school’s curriculum.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• continuing to strengthen the use of evaluation and inquiry to sustain improvement in outcomes for all learners
• continuing to grow and strengthen collective capability to provide rich, responsive and authentic learning opportunities that enable students to excel in their learning, particularly in writing and mathematics
• strengthening formative assessment practices to nurture higher levels of student agency and enhance students’ understanding of their own learning and next steps.

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

30 October 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