Plimmerton School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within 21 months of the Education Review Office and Plimmerton 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 

Plimmerton School, located in the Porirua region, provides education for learners from 0 to 8.

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

• we connect - Whanaungatanga

• we learn – Ako

• we belong - Turangawaewae

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

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how effectively are interventions and programmes accelerating the literacy achievement of all students, with particular focus on priority learners.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:

• that although most learners are achieving well in literacy, leaders and teachers have identified the need to accelerate the achievement of some groups of learners

• that this will support leadership to align systems and processes, strengthen curriculum delivery, data literacy and teacher practice, and lift the literacy achievement of all learners.

The school expects to see that this evaluation will further support the board, leadership and staff in decision-making that informs strategic direction, focus and embedding of high-quality evaluation schoolwide for continuous improvement in literacy outcomes for learners.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support the school in its goal to evaluate how effectively literacy interventions and programmes are accelerating the achievement of all students, with particular focus on priority learners:

• leaders and teachers are open to learning and motivated to improve student achievement in literacy

• the board and the community are highly engaged, supportive and sharply focussed on student learning in literacy.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• utilising baseline data gathered during 2022 from teacher, student and whānau voice, from observations and data analysis to guide our next steps in the teaching and learning of literacy

• continuing to actively participate and apply new learning provided by literacy leaders and experts in order to strengthen teacher practice and accelerate learning in literacy

• the aligning of systems and processes to promote consistency of expectations and practice in literacy across the school.

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

15 February 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