Review 10 March 2023
LatestTe Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
Background
This Profile Report was written within 12 months of the Education Review Office and Solway 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
Solway School, located in Solway, Masterton, provides education for learners from years 0 to 6.
Solway School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:
- to collaborate and connect children with educational opportunities that meet expectations through the 21st century learning principles and skills
- to communicate and create changes, personally and socially, to equip them with strategies to become independent, resilient, confident and competent learners able to cope with future changes.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Solway School’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how effectively programmes and interventions enhance and contribute to learners’ confidence in their identity, sense of belonging and continuous, sustained improvement.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is that the school has been developing a broad holistic local curriculum. Tamariki, whānau and staff voice is guiding decision-making and strategic planning. This will support all students to achieve success, be adaptable and collaborate in a range of contexts.
The school expects to see that the evaluation will further strengthen schoolwide decision-making that directs and aligns strategic direction, enhances teacher practices and whānau learning partnerships, embedding high quality evaluation for continuous improvement in hauora, belonging, and achievement outcomes for all learners.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support the school in its goal to evaluate how effectively programmes and interventions enhance and contribute to learners’ confidence in their identity, sense of belonging and continuous, sustained improvement:
- a highly committed staff who foster rich learning-centred relationships through a range of well researched approaches to build learners’ confidence, inter-personal skills and continuous sustained improvement
- active, committed support from whānau has built a strong level of relational trust between students, teachers and whānau that contributes to each learner’s confidence, sense of belonging and sustained achievement.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
- further strengthening a shared school-wide culture of high expectations that ensures all learners are confident, know they belong and are supported to achieve
- the development of a strategic framework that will guide the implementation of the PB4L Programme, enable evidence-based decision-making and build collective capability to support all learners’ hauora and sustained 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.
Kathy Lye
Acting Director Review and Improvement (Southern)
Southern Region | Te Tai Tini
10 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