Te Akau School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within 17 months of the Education Review Office and Te Akau 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 

Te Akau is located in a small Waikato rural community on the west coast and provides education for tamariki in Years 1 to 8. The school promotes the values of respect, responsibility, resilience, and risk taking.

Te Akau School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:

• develop a literacy and numeracy learning progression framework

• develop the local curriculum and implement te reo and tikanga Māori

• implement tasks that meet the different digital technology stages.

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

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how effectively the design and implementation of the local curriculum is improving teacher capability and outcomes for learners.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is to support: 

• the development of a local curriculum

• school-wide professional development to continue to build teacher capability.

• a curriculum that reflects the community

The school expects to see:

• further development of teacher capabilities and confidence

• further development of a sense of belonging and achievement for tamariki.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to design and implement the local curriculum and achieve excellent and equitable outcomes for all learners.

• Well-established partnerships that support the school’s strategic goals and vision.

• Inclusive learning environments that support all students to succeed.

• Learning programmes that develop student agency.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• the development and design of the local curriculum programme to lift student progress and achievement

• participation in professional development to further increase teacher capability and improve learning outcomes.

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

7 August 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