Taumarunui Primary School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within ten months of the Education Review Office and Taumarunui 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 

Taumarunui Primary School is located in Taumarunui, Ruapehu district, providing education for students in Years 1 to 8. A high percentage of students in the school identifies as Māori.

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

• to raise student achievement in all curriculum areas with particular attention to literacy and mathematics

• to use student achievement data to inform teaching and learning

• to identify and implement best practices to improve student attendance.

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

ERO and the school are working together to improve rates of progress for all students in literacy with a focus on boys and Māori learners. An ongoing focus on attendance will further support learning and achievement.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:

• the need to increase rates of attendance, engagement and achievement for all tamariki

• the commitment to further strengthen evaluation practices for continuous improvement.

The school expects to see improved progress and equitable outcomes for students in reading and writing.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to build evaluation skills and raise student outcomes in literacy:

• a whānau-based school culture that promotes a caring, inclusive learning environment

• strengthened partnerships with local hapu and iwi that promote cultural diversity, identity and belonging

• distributed leadership that supports a cohesive direction for all staff.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• implementing targeted actions to increase rates of progress in literacy for all students with a particular focus on boys and Māori learners

• increasing opportunities for professional development to build collective capability in evaluation that informs responsive planning, teaching and learning.

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

19 June 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