Timaru Boys’ High School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within 24 months of the Education Review Office and Timaru Boys’ High 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 

Timaru Boys' High School, established in 1880, is a single sex state secondary school located in the port city of Timaru, South Canterbury. The school caters for students in Years 9 to 13. The school’s vision is "A Timaru Boys’ High School young man will be aspirational, respectful and a positive contributor to his community, with an inquiring and independent mind”.

Timaru Boys’ High School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:

• promoting an environment that supports individual student development

• promoting excellence and equity in achievement by providing high quality teaching and learning

• supporting Māori and Pasifika students to experience success

• building capability and character through the arts and sports.

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

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate the extent to which culturally responsive teaching practice contributes to excellence and equity in progress and achievement for all students.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:

• high quality teaching and learning is one of the school’s strategic goals

• the school is reviewing the junior curriculum

• improving educational outcomes for Māori and Pasifika students is a priority.

The school expects to see that ongoing monitoring and evaluation of achievement and other indicator data will show improved outcomes in terms of excellence and equity for all students.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal of achieving excellent and equitable outcomes in progress and achievement of all students:

• Collaborative practices and planning schoolwide contributes to a coherent and aligned approach to improving student outcomes. 

• Well-considered professional learning and development is extending teachers’ knowledge and understanding of culturally responsive practice and effective strategies to accelerate student learning.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• tracking and monitoring students who are at risk of not meeting the required curriculum level and designing next steps for learning

• improving educational outcomes for Māori students.

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

19 May 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