Liberton Christian School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within six months of the Education Review Office and Liberton 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 

Liberton Christian School provides education for students from Years 1 to 8 in Dunedin. It is a
state-integrated, special-character school that serves Dunedin’s wider Christian community.

Liberton Christian School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are to:

• have the special character make an impact on students so that they are learning with enthusiasm, growing in knowledge, developing abilities, and desiring to serve God

• have all students successfully accessing the New Zealand Curriculum with a particular focus on Structured Literacy

• extend the learning partnership and strengthen whakawhanaungatanga with the school community.

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

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate the impact of structured literacy on students’ progress and achievement.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:

• the school is embarking on the structured literacy approach and needs to know it is resulting in positive outcomes for students in an ongoing way. 

The school expects to see students who need extra support to succeed, making accelerated progress in literacy and that other students’ learning is being maintained or extended.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support it in its goal to raise student achievement in literacy through the structured literacy approach.

• The school has a teacher skilled in this approach who can support all staff to implement it.

• Staff who are passionate about students achieving highly in reading and writing which encourages students to strive for even more success.

• The whole school approach to the delivery of the curriculum means all teachers can support all students to succeed.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• professional development and learning for all staff to deliver the Structured Literacy programme

• making closer links with the cultural groups within the school community to celebrate diversity and enhance students’ learning by being culturally responsive.

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.

Kathy Lye
Acting Director Review and Improvement (Southern)
Southern Region | Te Tai Tini

30 March 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