Manawatu College

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

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

Manawatū College is a co-educational year 9 to 13 secondary school located in Foxton. The school appointed a new leadership team in 2020. Recent community consultation has resulted in refreshed vision and values to guide the school into the future.   

Manawatū College’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:

•  all students are engaged and successful with learning 
•  effective teaching across the school  
•  an environment where students are engaged, safe and well supported
•  systems and structures support the school’s effective operation. 

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

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate to what extent all learners are engaged and achieving equitable outcomes.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:

• improving engagement in learning will result in improved and more equitable outcomes for all learners
• there is potential to improve achievement outcomes
• to support the implementation of the school’s strategic goals.

The school expects to see:

• improved learner outcomes in engagement and achievement
• improved understanding and commitment to shared expectations to better support successful learner outcomes
• further development of relationships in the school community to support engagement.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to in its goal to evaluate the extent to which all learners are engaged and achieving equitable outcomes.

• a comprehensive consultation process that has informed the future direction of the school to support learner success in a range of valued outcomes
• refreshed school values that underpin expectations for teaching and learning at the school
• new systems to track and monitor the engagement and achievement of all learners
• a senior leadership team who are committed to achieving the collective vision for this community.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• inquiring into practices that improve student engagement
• continuing to develop, communicate and evaluate shared expectations
• continuing to monitor learner engagement and achievement.

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.

Phil Cowie
Director Review and Improvement Services (Central)
Central Region | Te Tai Pūtahi Nui

29 November 2022 

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