Te Kapehu Riccarton School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within six months of the Education Review Office and Te Kāpehu Riccarton 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

Te Kāpehu Riccarton School is a Year 1 to 8 school situated in Christchurch. Te Kāpehu Riccarton School learners follow pathways of knowledge and discovery that lead to bright futures. The values of Mana, Manaaki, Manawaroa and Manawa Ora shape learners to be proud, caring and confident life-long learners, who make the most of every day. Te Kāpehu “All Stars” engage, connect, share ideas and seek, learn and flourish together.

Te Kāpehu Riccarton School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:

• a localised coherent curriculum pathway for learners, effective teacher professional development and insightful evaluation supports the progress and achievement of all ākonga.

• learning and working environments support positive emotional wellbeing, ensuring teachers are able to teach, and learners are able to learn.

• the function and design of the rebuild showcases the cultural narrative of Ngāi Tahu and enhances 21^st century teaching and learning pedagogies.

You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Te Kāpehu Riccarton’s website.

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how effectively the localised curriculum supports increased equity and excellence for all students.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:

• the school has identified a need to further strengthen consistency of pedagogical practices.

• current strategic priorities include a focus on the implementation of the localised curriculum.

The school expects to see improved equity and excellence outcomes for all students through further strengthening of consistent learning and teaching practices.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support the school in its goal to evaluate how effectively the localised curriculum supports increased equity and excellence for all students.

• Strong collective capacity to do and use internal evaluation and knowledge building for improvement and innovation with a clear focus on improving outcomes for learners.

• The school board has a focused approach to improvement which supports shared understandings, while seeking continuous improvement.

• Leaders and teachers are committed to ongoing professional learning that supports shared understandings of explicit and systematic teaching practices across the school.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• improving equitable and excellent outcomes in mathematics and literacy for all students through the strengthening of consistent pedagogical practices.

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

27 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