St Pius X School (Titahi Bay)

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within eleven months of the Education Review Office and St Pius X School (Titahi Bay) 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 

St Pius X School is an integrated Roman Catholic school in Titahi Bay for children in Years 1 to 6. The school’s vision statement states that "We will be Christ-Centred, Forward Thinking, Actively Engaged, Inclusive Learners who live the gospel values of Jesus Christ in all we do here at St Pius X School".

St Pius X School (Titahi Bay)’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:

• that Gospel values are evident in all that is done

• that teaching is modern and relevant

• cultural diversity is reflected and celebrated

• to build relationships with our community and other schools.

You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on St Pius X School (Titahi Bay)’s website.

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how effectively schoolwide systems and processes build leader and teacher collective capacity through establishing learning partnerships with whānau for improving achievement.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is: 

• leadership has identified the need to align systems and processes, build on culturally sustainable practices, develop consistent classroom practice and strengthen learning partnerships with whānau to improve learners’ achievement success

• analysis of learner achievement highlighting how the needs of students working at and below expectations can be met by a strengths-based teaching approach and consistent practices in the teaching of reading and writing.

The school expects to see alignment and strengthening of systems and processes, the building of collective leadership and teacher capacity, curriculum knowledge and effective practice, and the lifting of the achievement of all learners in reading and writing.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support the school in its goal to raise achievement through ensuring effective schoolwide systems and processes that build leader and teacher collective capacity through establishing learning partnerships with whānau.

• An inclusive and culturally diverse school community with clear values that contribute to children’s sense of belonging.

• Targeted teaching in small group settings that is supporting accelerating learner progress and achievement.

• Identified evidence and observation-based supports are in place and this is building teacher capability and capacity in reading and writing practices.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• ongoing professional learning to strengthen literacy practices, making use of reading and writing data, curriculum documents, moderation activities and observations to identify areas of focus and effectively raise achievement by responding to individual learning needs

• working with the community and parents to develop educationally powerful partnerships supportive of all learners.

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

8 August 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