Papanui Primary School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within twelve months of the Education Review Office and Papanui Primary 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 

Papanui Primary School is a year 1 to 6 contributing school located in Christchurch. A new principal has recently been appointed.

Papanui Primary School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are to:

• have high expectations and high levels of engagement to enhance progress and achievement for all learners through a broad local curriculum

• develop an environment where learners are happy and healthy and experience positive relationships.

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

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate to what extent the local curriculum and teaching practices promote equitable and excellent achievement outcomes for all students.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:

• the current curriculum is under review and a continued focus will better meet the needs of students, whānau and staff

• reviewing the school’s local curriculum will ensure meaningful contexts for students.

The school expects to see a local curriculum that reflects the school’s local context and a coordinated and consistent approach to teaching and learning aligned to the national curriculum, that promotes improved outcomes for all learners.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to review the local curriculum and teaching practices:

• the leadership team and teachers share high, clear, and equitable expectations for student progress, achievement, and wellbeing

• internal evaluation practices support the gathering, analysis, and use of evidence of student outcomes to improve individual and collective practice.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• strengthening a local curriculum which is responsive to the needs, identity, language, culture, interests, strengths and aspirations of learners and their families

• fostering ongoing collection of whānau and student perspectives on how well the curriculum supports all students' sense of belonging and engagement in learning.

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

17 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