Kaiapoi North School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within 24 months of the Education Review Office and Kaiapoi North 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 

Kaiapoi North School, also known as Te Kura o Ruataniwha Kaiapoi North, is a full primary school catering for Years 1-8 children. Children come from a diverse range of backgrounds. The school’s mission is that students and staff strive for personal excellence in all that they do, and the values and beliefs are lived.

Kaiapoi North School strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are for:

• all children to gain personal success in literacy and numeracy, make personal progress each year and meet school and New Zealand Curriculum appropriate for each individual
• all children to gain personal success in all areas and encourage the uniqueness and strengths of each child both individually and collectively
• teachers to provide high quality learning programmes for all children based on current proven research.

You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Kaiapoi North School’s website.

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate the effectiveness of the literacy programme and the impact this is having on children’s progress and achievement.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation isthe long-term investment in intensive professional development to raise levels of progress and achievement for all students in literacy.

The school expects to see through an in-depth evaluation of progress towards strategic goals, confident children explaining clearly their learning and next steps in reading and writing.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support the school in its goal to evaluate the effectiveness of the literacy programme and the impact this is having on children’s progress.

• Strong curriculum leadership with clear coherent teaching practices and learning programmes that enable all students to gain personal success.
• Staff who are skilled, dedicated lifelong learners who use proven research to provide quality learning programmes for all learners.
• Effective evaluation that identifies the strengths and areas for further exploration to better inform ongoing improvements for ensuring all students are succeeding.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• supporting all learners with their wellbeing to support equitable and excellent access to learning
• exploring the learning from the ongoing evaluation of literacy and consider how this can inform improvements in teaching and learning of the mathematics curriculum.

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

14 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