Evans Bay Intermediate

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within 26 months of the Education Review Office and Evans Bay Intermediate 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 

Evans Bay Intermediate School is located in Wellington and provide education for students in years 7 to 8. Students come from a wide range of diverse backgrounds. A new principal was appointed in 2021. A new leadership team is also in place. The vision of the school is for ākonga to be engaged on a voyage of success.

Evans Bay Intermediate’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are to:

• further develop the curriculum, its delivery and future focused learning to better support all students

• develop a culturally responsive school of students, staff, and community to support overall wellbeing.

You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Evans Bay Intermediate’s website.

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate the changes to culturally responsive practice and its impact on student engagement and wellbeing.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is to:

• promote students’ genuine understanding of the responsibilities that come with being citizens of Aotearoa New Zealand

• ensure that all students experience culturally relevant learning activities that support their individual success, including engagement, progress and achievement.

The school expects to see students who are aware of and value their own identity, that of others, and experience success in culturally relevant ways.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support the school in its goal to increase cultural responsiveness through their:

• Ākauwaiata (Kapa Haka) programme is enhancing the schools’ culture, empowering students and providing opportunities for leadership.

• student voice is gathered and used to inform future direction of the school.

• relationships with community networks that support and develop a range of learning opportunities for students.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• staff professional development to improve teaching and learning programmes that respond to and purposefully plan for cultural responsiveness  

• investigate and decide on a framework that the school can use to determine where they are currently at, and identify the next steps for improving culturally responsive practice

• using the agreed framework to gather information to identify baseline data, establish goals and measure progress of towards improving teacher practice and student outcomes

• further develop partnerships within the community to support student learning and achievement.

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

18 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