Campion College

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

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

Campion College is a state-integrated, Catholic, co-educational college in Gisborne and provides education for students in years 7 to 13. The core Gospel values of commitment, compassion and community are formed in the traditions of the founding religious orders, the Marist Brothers and the Sister’s of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.

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

• to embed collective efficacy so that all staff work together to achieve equitable and excellent outcomes for all students

• to embed learner agency for all students so that their abilities, talents, and interests are what drives their personalised curriculum

• to strengthen the development of the whole person so that all students have ongoing opportunities to encounter Christ.

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

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how effectively learner agency promotes improved outcomes for all students.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:

• the identified need to continue to accelerate progress towards achieving equitable and excellent outcomes for all students

• to continue to strengthen responsive pedagogical approaches that support personalised learning within an innovative learning environment

• to continue to build teacher efficacy through collective capacity to do and use evaluation, inquiry and knowledge building to continue to improve learner outcomes.

The school expects to see:

• teachers and students consistently using the Structure of Learning Outcomes (SOLO) assessment taxonomy to map progress in learning and next steps

• students having increasing control over their learning so that their unique abilities, talents, and interests drives curriculum design

• a curriculum that reflects culturally responsive localised programmes

• teachers working collaboratively together to strengthen collective expertise and capability that improves learner outcomes.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support the goal to evaluate how effectively learner agency promotes improved outcomes for all students:

• leadership prioritises and plans for school improvement for equitable and excellent outcomes for all students

• learner outcomes are enhanced through systematic and sustained school processes and practices

• respectful relationships reflect a sense of community and belonging within the special character of the school

• professional learning is well aligned to strategic plans and goals with a current focus on collaborative teaching, digital citizenship and metacognition using SOLO taxonomy.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• strengthening learner agency through metacognition using the SOLO taxonomy as assessment for learning

• students using an inquiry lens to connect new learning to their own prior knowledge and cultural identity and language

• strengthening cultural connectedness so all students have a sense of identity and belonging through the Tūranganui-a-Kiwa and Catholic curriculum

• strengthening techniques to support the diverse learning needs of all students using the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) process.

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

16 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