Hillview Christian School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report 

Background

This Profile Report was written within 13 months of the Education Review Office and Hillview Christian 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 

Hillview Christian School is a state integrated Years 1 to 10 school in Christchurch. The school operates on two adjacent sites as a senior and junior campus. The school’s vision is: ‘To grow young people who love God and impact others through service and leadership’. The school’s mission is ‘To provide a quality education in a Christian environment where children can develop their God-given abilities’.

Hillview Christian School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners include:

• providing a quality curriculum programme, in a Christian context, which fosters high achievement and maximises the potential of each pupil
• providing an environment which promotes the physical, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing of all pupils
• encouraging co-curricular activities which enhance pupil development and foster individual and team excellence and cooperation. 

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

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate the impact of school-wide teaching and learning on learner progress.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:

• leaders want teachers to have greater knowledge of the impact of their teaching strategies on learner progress
• there is scope for learners to know more about their own progress in aspects of their learning
• leaders want to foster and develop across the whole school, a way of thinking and collective responsibility in relation to learner progress 
• the school sees learners striving for excellence as a key priority.

The school expects to see:

• leaders, teachers, and learners having a greater understanding of progress in their learning
• a common language around progress to be understood and used throughout the school
• seamless transitions to occur for students as they move through the school
• equitable opportunities and resourcing for all learners to be successful.

Strengths 

The school can draw from the following strengths to support it in its goal to support personal excellence.

• A Christian environment which empowers learners through delivering a curriculum which prioritises service, leadership, respect, gratitude, equity provision and support.
• A caring and compassionate school culture which identifies gifts and talents, where positive relationships underpin all interactions, providing for a strong sense of belonging for all in the school community.
• Strong relational trust that exists between leaders, teachers, staff and members of the school community that enriches opportunities for students to be successful as learners.
• A culture of high expectations and strong academic success for all (including for those students who need to make accelerated progress) to support aspirations for excellence.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• extending students’ understanding of their progress, next steps, and learning
• continuing to strengthen the evaluation of the impact of teaching and learning on students’ progress.

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 Schools

6 March 2024 

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