Tauwhare School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within nine months of the Education Review Office and Tauwhare 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 

Tauwhare School is located in a rural community of Waikato adjacent to Hamilton and provides education for students in Years 1 to 6. A new principal started at the beginning of 2023. The school has strong connections to local marae, the neighbouring preschool, and the wider community.

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

• to give all students the chance to achieve to their potential
• to ensure a culture of mutual respect and kindness
• to have all students achieving at or above expected levels in reading, writing and mathematics.

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

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how effectively the school’s curriculum is challenging students to excel and achieve excellence and enabling equitable outcomes for all. Continuing to strengthen responsive practices and partnerships, and monitoring rates of student attendance are ongoing priorities for the school.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:

• the opportunity it provides to continue to respond effectively to trends and patterns in school achievement and attendance data
• to maintain a strategic focus on equitable and excellent outcomes for all.

The school expects to see the effectiveness of programmes and practices continually enhanced for ongoing 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:

• Inclusive school practices that identify and respond to the individual needs of students.
• Teaching and learning programmes that enable high levels of student achievement.
• Collaborative leadership that prioritises student wellbeing and promotes a positive culture for learning.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• extending the analysis of data to further support effective internal evaluation and inform targeted action for continuous improvement
• continuing to strengthen and embed responsive practices to support equitable outcomes and student success
• continuing to monitor student attendance rates and implement effective strategies to increase engagement.

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

15 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