Cashmere Primary Te Pae Kereru

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within 12 months of the Education Review Office and Cashmere Primary Te Pae Kererū 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 

Cashmere Primary Te Pae Kererū caters for learners from Years 1 to 8. It is located on Christchurch’s Port Hills and is a member of the Kahukura Community of Practice.

Cashmere Primary Te Pae Kererū strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are to:

• foster wellbeing

• enhance the school’s localised curriculum

• embed Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on the Cashmere Primary Te Pae Kererū website.

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate leadership of an evidence-based, adaptive and culturally responsive approach to teaching writing, to ensure all learners thrive and experience success.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:

• senior leaders are coaching and empowering leaders of learning to support teaching teams to reflect and inquire into the effectiveness of their practice, to better respond to students’ strengths and needs – including culturally responsive practices

• in writing, data shows there is scope to further investigate patterns, trends and possible improvements, including for Māori learner success.

The school expects to see:

• leaders continually engaged in professional knowledge-building with teachers to enhance effectiveness

• consistently equitable opportunities for learners to progress and achieve

• Māori learners consistently well supported to achieve, with a strong and secure sense of their cultural identity.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support the school to evaluate leadership of an evidence-based, adaptive and culturally responsive approach to teaching writing, to ensure all learners thrive and experience success:

• clear and embedded vision and values that foster an inclusive approach to learning, with a strong focus on progress, achievement and wellbeing for all

• a dedicated, caring and professional staff culture that utilises evidence-based practices for decision making

• a cohesive leadership team that has developed and embedded systems and structures for capability-building, promoting purposeful change and improvement.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• implementing a co-constructed evaluation plan for improvement, to identify further opportunities for professional development

• senior leaders continuing to build capacity of leaders of learning and project leaders, to effectively facilitate consistent learning practices

• building on engagement and consultation practices, including with students, whānau and families, to further enhance the localised curriculum, teaching practices and strategic decision making.

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

12 June 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