Green Bay High School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within seven months of the Education Review Office and Green Bay 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 

Green Bay High School is a secondary school located in Green Bay, West Auckland and provides education for students from years 9 to 13. The school promotes the values of Rau o te Huia - Excellence, He Tangata, He Tangata - Respect, Ko Kauri - Courage and E Tipu, E Rea - Responsiveness. Since 2017, a new principal and three senior leaders have been appointed to the senior leadership team.

Green Bay High School is part of the Kōtuitui Community of Learning | Kahui Ako.

Green Bay High School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are to:

• improve valued learning outcomes (Whakapai tutukitanga akonga)
• strengthen a culture of school pride and a sense of belonging (whakapakari te ahurea o te kura)
• maximise opportunity through the curriculum (Whakakahangia te aheitanga mai te marau matauranga)
• enhance partnerships with our community (Kīnakinakitia te whanaungatanga o tātou hāpori).

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

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how well effective teaching and a responsive curriculum promotes students' progress and achievement and contributes to success for all.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is to:

• promote students’ attainment of personal excellence
• deepen students’ learning connections and collaboration with their peers and their community
• be responsive to increasing roll growth and cultural diversity.

The school expects to see teachers’ effective teaching strategies improving students’ engagement in learning, extending their learning opportunities and promoting success for all.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support the school in its goal of how well effective teaching and a responsive curriculum promotes students' progress and achievement and contributes to success for all.

• high expectations for students’ success and high levels of academic achievement
• a broad and comprehensive curriculum that meets a range of students’ interests
• an inclusive, supportive and positive school culture
• collaborative, committed and adaptive staff with a commitment to evaluative capacity for school improvement.
• strong community partnerships particularly in transitioning students into school.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• developing and effectively implementing a profile of valued student learning outcomes
• continuing to develop meaningful assessment and reporting processes to support students’ success
• ensuring students access future opportunities and career pathways in a relevant curriculum.

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

1 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

This school has Te Aratika, a satellite of Oaklyn Special School on site and is the managing school for the West Auckland Alternative Education service.