Pomare School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background 

This Profile Report was written within 18 months of the Education Review Office and ​Pomare 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  

Pomare School is situated in Taita at the Northern end of Hutt City. It provides learning opportunities for learners in Years 1-6. Several changes to leadership have occurred during the period of this review. Two Ministry of Education appointed Limited Statutory Managers are currently working with the school. 

​​Pomare School​’s strategic priorities for learners are to: 

• raise achievement by providing an innovative, curriculum, personalised to the needs and interests of individual learners. 
• ensure all feel included through promoting learning focused relationships so that all students and whānau feel a true sense of belonging. 
• foster well-being by providing a responsive culture where all students feel supported, safe, and happy. 

You can obtain a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan from ​Pomare School​’s office. 

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how effectively the school is promoting student engagement, wellbeing and achievement for all students.  

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:  

• an understanding of how a strong engagement in learning opportunities can support student learning and wellbeing and the mana of all students. 
• a desire to increase communication with, and involvement of whānau in the learning of their tamariki. 
• a desire to improve student wellbeing and school-wide behaviour management processes to enable increased engagement in learning opportunities all learners. 

The school expects to see an increase in the attendance, desire to learn, and engagement of all students. It also wishes to increase whānau and community engagement to further support student wellbeing and achievement. This should support an improvement in student outcomes. 

Strengths  

The school can draw from the following strengths to support the school in its goal to increase student wellbeing and engagement. 

• Cultural capital that supports the mana of students and whanau. 

Where to next? 

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:  

• improving student attendance. 
• the development of schoolwide behaviour management programmes that support the provision of positive learning environments. 
• providing classroom programmes that engage students in positive learning opportunities. 

ERO has concerns about 

• the quality of leadership to bring about the improvements required in school wide safety and wellbeing, behaviour management practices, student attendance and achievement levels, effective assessment practices and reporting processes.    

Recommendation  

ERO recommended that the Secretary for Education consider intervention(s) listed in section 180 of the Education and Training Act 2020 in order to bring about improvements to: 

• health and safety practices 
• attendance 
• positive behaviour for learning 
• effective teaching practices 
• monitoring and reporting of progress and achievement 
• employment processes and practice. 

The Ministry of Education is working alongside the school to bring about improvements to the areas listed above.    

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​ 

​​3 May 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 

This school has satellite classes from the Kimi Ora Specialist School onsite.