Hingaia Peninsula School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within 24 months of the Education Review Office and Hingaia Peninsula 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 

Hingaia Peninsula School is a culturally diverse primary school catering for students in Years 1 to 8 in Karaka, Auckland. The modern learning environment school has a building programme underway to accommodate rapid roll growth in the surrounding area. A new Principal was appointed in 2021.

Hingaia Peninsula School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:

• an actively engaged learning community

• a future focussed curriculum that enables personal pathways and empowered learners.

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

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how effectively the school’s pedagogical leadership structure impacts equitable and excellent learning outcomes for all.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:

• ensuring all students are getting the best learning opportunities

• ensuring the new leadership structure is effective and leading to improved outcomes for all learners

• building a sustainable leadership model and pedagogical capabilities as the school continues to grow.

The school expects to see:

• consistency of pedagogical practice across all learning studios, whilst allowing teachers the freedom to design responsive learning that engages and excites learners

• leaders and teachers using formative practice to improve learning outcomes for all learners.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support the school in its goal to ensure the school’s pedagogical leadership structure impacts equitable and excellent learning outcomes for all.

• Leadership that actively promotes the wellbeing of learners and staff and strong commitment to equitable and excellent learning outcomes for all students.

• Strengthened literacy and numeracy programmes to ensure all students can access the broader curriculum.

• Teaching is characterised by respect and inclusion resulting in learners being well engaged in their learning.

• Indoor and outdoor learning environments that support the delivery of the local curriculum.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• embedding and sustaining an effective leadership and pedagogical practice as the school continues to grow

• supporting students to identify their own learning needs and use assessment skills to evaluate their own work.

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

31 July 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