Manunui School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within six months of the Education Review Office and Manunui 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 

Manunui is a small semi-rural school near Taumarunui, providing education for students in Years 1 to 8. About half of the students identify as Māori. The principal was employed in 2023.

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

• equity and excellence – achieving success for all
• connecting and engaging with parents and whānau in the partnership of learning and teaching.

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

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate the effectiveness of targeted actions to raise achievement for all students in literacy and mathematics. Supporting equitable outcomes, strengthening partnerships for learning and improving regular rates of attendance are ongoing priorities for the school.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:

• to support the school’s commitment to increasing rates of progress and equitable outcomes for all learners in literacy and mathematics
• the need to improve regular attendance to enable learning opportunities and success for all
• the priority on developing effective, learning-centred partnerships with parents, for continuous improvement in student outcomes.

The school expects to see improvement in attendance, rates of progress and overall achievement in literacy and mathematics.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to improve outcomes for students in attendance and learning:

• leadership for learning that is growing an increasingly collaborative team culture and focusing on continuous improvement
• a strategic approach to professional development that is targeted to the needs of students, teachers and classroom support staff
• positive relationships and community connections that foster a sense of belonging.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• implementing targeted actions and programmes to promote progress and equitable outcomes for all learners, particularly for boys in literacy
• continuing to develop a collaborative team culture and provide professional learning opportunities to ensure consistency of assessment, planning and teaching
• strengthening learning-centred partnerships with parents, whānau and community to build shared understandings, increase rates of attendance and improve student 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

16 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