Tirau Primary School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within 12 months of the Education Review Office and Tirau 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 

Tirau Primary School is located in the South Waikato township of Tīrau. It caters for students in Years 1 to 6.

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

• develop a locally and culturally relevant curriculum

• further engaging whānau in the success of their learners

• grow educators to be leaders of learning.

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

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how well the school is strengthening its engagement with parents as partners in learning.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:

• effective home and school partnerships are a powerful lever for improving student progress and achievement

• developing learning partnerships focused on raising achievement particularly for those students at risk will promote equity and excellence.

The school expects to see:

• accelerated progress for learners

• parents and whānau who are empowered to impact positively on their children’s learning

• strong, home and school relationships focused on learning.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following to support the evaluation of how well it is strengthening its engagement with parents as partners in learning:

• an effective and proactive leadership team who provides positive direction for the school

• a collaborative teaching team who are open to learning

• a positive culture for learning based on strong relationships between staff and students.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• continuing the engagement of parents to support their children in reading and extending the programme to include mathematics and writing

• refining the learning goals shared with parents, to ensure these reflect the current next step in learning focused on in the classroom for each child.

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

25 July 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