Maromaku School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within 24 months of the Education Review Office and Maromaku 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 

Maromaku school is a small rural school catering for students in Years 1 to 8 in the Maromaku Valley, near Kawakawa in Northland. A new principal was appointed in 2022.

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

• ‘Little school with a big heart’ – learners are at the centre

• being inclusive

• quality teaching and learning programmes and sound foundation skills in literacy and numeracy.

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

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how well the school’s practices are lifting writing progress and achievement of all students.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is: 

• responding to the identified needs of students

• analysis of achievement data identifies the need for focused teaching of writing

• equitable and excellent outcomes for all students.

The school expects to see:

• teachers implementing skills and strategies from professional development in writing into their learning programmes

• improved writing outcomes for all students

• students displaying positive attitudes to writing

• students engaging in writing and becoming enthusiastic writers.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support the school in its goal to lift progress and achievement for all students in writing.

• well-supported community country school with long proud history and traditions

• the school has been well resourced and maintained by the community over many years

• leaders and teachers are committed to ongoing learning to improve learning outcomes for all students.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• continuing to respond to the strengths, interests, and needs of all students

• embedding and sustaining teaching practice and professional learning programmes.

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

27 October 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