Ormond School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within 10 months of the Education Review Office and Ormond 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 

Ormond School is located in Ormond near Tūranganui a Kiwa Gisborne and sits in the rohe of Te Aitanga Māhaki. It is part of the Tūranganui a Kiwa Kāhui Ako and caters for learners in years 1 to 6. The school’s vision of Growing Great People, Te Whakatipu Tangata Nui is underpinned by the school values of Respect, Resilience, Responsibility and Reflection and learner qualities that reflect whānau and community aspirations.

Ormond School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are to:

• grow learner capability

• grow learning connections

• grow leadership capability

• grow teacher capability.

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

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how effectively curriculum design at Ormond School promotes positive learner outcomes.  

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:

• to promote aspirational and responsive curriculum pathways

• to ensure Māori learners achieve success as Māori

• to support learner efficacy and engagement in learning.

The school expects to see positive growth in learner outcomes through the implementation of effective curriculum design.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to design, implement and evaluate effective curriculum:

• learners experience a school climate that is positive and responsive to their needs

• evaluation, inquiry and knowledge building processes are purposeful

• collaborative leadership and inquiry throughout the school sustains a culture of trust and ongoing improvement.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• leaders and teachers seeking evidence about the effectiveness of curriculum and its impact on a learner outcomes

• engagement with whānau to support learning and ensure equitable outcomes for all learners, particularly Māori

• critically reflecting on a range of assessment, voice and evidence that is collected to determine progress and identify next steps.

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

2 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