Linden School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written by the Education Review Office and Linden 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

Linden School is situated in Wellington’s northern suburbs and provides education for students in Years 0 to 6.

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

• raise attendance levels
• experience strong connections with whānau and community
• participate in local events, especially those with environmental or cultural lenses.

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

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how effectively the Linden School local curriculum engages students and supports progress and achievement.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is a need to:

• raise the attendance, achievement and wellbeing of students
• increase communication with, and involvement of whānau in the learning of their tamariki
• implement a local curriculum that places and values tikanga at its heart.

The school expects to see students who are actively engaged in their learning, progressing and achieving academically and contributing to the school and wider community.

It also expects to see whānau increasingly involved in their child’s learning.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support in its goal to evaluate how effectively the local curriculum engages students and supports their progress and achievement:

• teachers provide classroom environments that promote a positive attitude to learning
• strong relationships between staff and students that leads to improvements to learner outcomes.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• improving student attendance
• ongoing provision of programmes that promote wellbeing of all
• strengthening whānau understanding of learning processes so they can support the learning of their tamariki
• continued provision of learning for staff to support the delivery of a culturally responsive curriculum.

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

6 June 2024

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