Kelburn Normal School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within 18 months of the Education Review Office and Kelburn Normal 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 

Kelburn Normal School is located in Wellington and provides education for students in Years 0 to 8.

Kelburn Normal School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners to experience:

• quality education where children learn creatively and achieve excellence

• a culture of care that nurtures their strengths and needs, and develops skills and competencies to express themselves, collaborate and fully engage with the varieties of learning

• relationships that connect them to the school and wider community.

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

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate identified strategies that enable children to grow as self-confident, active and creative learners who know their contributions are valued.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:

• to develop a robust matrix that supports the school’s learning priorities

• to assist with measuring and assessing learners’ journeys towards meeting the school’s goals

The school expects to see self-confident learners who understand how they learn and who are keenly engaged in further developing their learning as they creatively work towards achieving excellence.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support the school in its goal to develop creative agentic learners:

• leadership that prioritises high quality learning outcomes for children

• a reflective and collaborative staff who value innovative, research-based teaching practices

• teachers who effectively identify and respond to children’s wellbeing and learning needs.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• ensuring tamariki enjoy success as learners across the curriculum as curious, active, engaged creative akonga

• enabling tamariki to thrive in a supportive, safe, inclusive and positive school culture that enhances their learning

• building school, whānau and community partnerships through engagement and connection with local people and resources, including iwi and mana whenua.

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.

Kathy Lye
Acting Director Review and Improvement Services (Southern)
Southern Region | Te Tai Tini

31 March 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