Waitakere S D A School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within eight months of the Education Review Office and Waitakere S D A 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 

Waitakere S D A School is a small, state integrated school with a growing roll. It caters for local students from years 1 to 8. During 2023 a new vision; ‘nurturing successful leaders empowered to serve in preparation for eternity’ and strategic plan were developed. 

Waitakere S D A School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:

• Develop students understanding of God’s love to foster a culture of inclusiveness.
• Students and staff will work collaboratively with others to achieve teaching and learning goals.
• All students will be motivated and engaged to reach their fullest academic potential.

You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Waitakere S D A School’s website.

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how effectively teaching and learning programmes enable all students to make progress and achieve their best. 

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is to: 

• support teachers to collaborate and develop plans that identify student needs and show student progress and achievement over time 
• strengthen teacher practice in literacy and numeracy.

The school expects to see learners who are engaged and motivated, confident, and independent problem solvers who all experience success.

Strengths 

The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to evaluate how effectively teaching and learning programmes enable all students to make progress and achieve their best:

• students who enjoy coming to school and learning
• senior leadership’s dedication to the school and to achieving the school vision
• the strong sense of belonging that is shared by whole school community.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise: 

• sharing the new strategic plan with the community
• further developing the induction programme to enable new staff to successfully support all students to make progress and achieve their best
• establishing a collaborative curriculum planning system that encompasses the school vision and strategic goals. 

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

8 April 2024  

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