Clive School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within 13 months of the Education Review Office and Clive 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 

Clive School is a semi-rural school between Hastings and Napier in Hawke’s Bay and caters for learners in years 1 – 6.

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

• culturally responsive learning experiences

• engaging learning experiences for all

• supporting our people to thrive.

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

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how effectively literacy practices promote improved outcomes for all learners, particularly for Māori and boys.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:

• to promote equitable and excellent outcomes for all learners

• to improve literacy foundations that will empower all learners as they transition through their schooling

• to continue to develop culturally responsive and relational pedagogy and effective literacy practices in teaching and learning programmes

• to further develop partnerships with whānau, hapū and iwi to promote improved engagement, attendance and achievement.

The school expects to see equitable and excellent outcomes in literacy with accelerated progress and improved achievement in literacy for priority learners.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support it in its goal to evaluate how effectively literacy practices promote improved outcomes for all learners, particularly for Māori and boys:

• the school continues to strengthen professional capability and collective capacity to improve learner outcomes

• clear alignment of school priorities within Kahui Ako challenges and teaching as inquiry

• a positive and inclusive school culture with a focus on equity and excellence.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• continuing to build culturally responsive capabilities and effective practice within literacy teaching

• implementing a responsive, localised curriculum that responds to culture, language and identity that includes te ao Māori, te reo Māori me ona tikanga and matauranga Māori

• strengthening reciprocal and learning centred relationships with whānau to support improved achievement in literacy.

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

3 May 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