Glenfield College

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within 15 months of the Education Review Office and Glenfield College 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 

Glenfield College on Auckland’s North Shore is a multicultural secondary school catering for students from Years 9 to 13. The school values are ‘With Pride and Respect – Mā Maruwehi, Kā Rāhiri’.

The college values the inclusion of students with high learning needs from Wilson School and Wairau Valley Special School. These classes are adjacent to and network with the college’s learning support department.

Glenfield College’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:

• Hauora – excellence in wellbeing across the school community

• Providing quality teaching and learning programmes that build dynamic learners

• Student success – building capacity in teachers/kaiako that leads to a culture of success

• Meeting Māori and Pasifika academic aspirations.

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

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how well the development of a schoolwide literacy programme linked to our strategic goals of Hauora and Dynamic Learner promotes achievement and success for all students.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:

• school leaders have identified the importance of lifting junior school literacy and achievement with a schoolwide programme

• a literacy programme, linked with Hauora and Dynamic Learner, will enable students to access and achieve success in the senior curriculum and future pathways

• to ensure equity and excellence is available to all.

The school expects to see:

• a schoolwide literacy programme established and embedded

• student literacy and achievement will improve across the school

• an inclusive education will be provided through these strategic initiatives.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to achieve its goal:

• schoolwide programmes to raise literacy achievement are being implemented

• effective school leadership which has created and led a culture of ongoing improvement

• well established processes to build capacity in teaching staff, based on strong pedagogy and assessment practices

• a values-based education that supports the wellbeing of learners and build a strong sense of belonging.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• implementing and embedding a schoolwide Literacy programme linked with Hauora and the Development of Dynamic Learners

• developing a Māori Achievement programme with whanau that promotes Māori success

• providing resources and support for teachers to build capacity in Te Reo Māori, Tikanga and Matauranga Māori that benefits the whole community.

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

27 October 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