Queenspark School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

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

Queenspark School Te Hua Mānuka is located in east Christchurch. The school provides education for students in Years 1 to 8. Their vision is empowering children to step up and reach out in order to achieve their personal best.

Queenspark School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:

• Students will be able to successfully increase their ability to use number knowledge effectively and make significant progress in their daily mathematical tasks and activities.

• As a priority, teachers will be able to successfully implement written language programmes for students who are just below expectations and established as best practice from the results of 2021 and 2022 written language outcomes.

• To introduce the refreshed NZ Curriculum, Te Mātaiaho.

• Students will be able to retell the Queenspark School Cultural Narrative in their own words by explaining the tō mātou kōrero (our story) and therefore maintaining the important cultural links to our Māori tuku iho (heritage).

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

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate to what extent is cultural responsiveness known, understood, and enacted at Queenspark School to improve wellbeing and learning outcomes for all students.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:

• The school has identified cultural responsiveness as an area for ongoing improvement, this aligns to current strategic planning.

• The focus will support equitable educational success for Māori as Māori and all learners.

The school expects to see a strengthening in giving effect to te Tiriti o Waitangi which will support enhanced equity and excellence outcomes for all students.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support the school in its goal to evaluate to what extent is cultural responsiveness known, understood and enacted at Queenspark School:

• Existing Systems and processes that support effective internal evaluation to support continuous improvement in teaching and learning.

• Leadership that actively plans interventions to support improved outcomes for Māori learners…do they work? Have a positive impact? Are they culturally responsive?

• A strategic approach to improving outcomes for all learners that is informed by meaningful analysis of learner outcomes.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• Further development of leaders and teachers understanding of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in order to improve wellbeing and learning outcomes for all students.

• Continuation of a focused approach to ensuring improved parity of learning outcomes for 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

 9 November 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