Broadwood Area School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

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

Broadwood Area School – Te Kura Takiwā o Manganuiowae is located in North Hokianga and provides education for students in Years 1 to 13. The school’s mission is ‘Whakaara i te kākano: challenging ourselves to reach our full potential’.

Broadwood Area School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:

• to provide a responsive and flexible curriculum meeting our diverse needs

• to thrive within Manganuiowaitanga, fostering identity, language and leadership

• to cultivate an inclusive environment of whanaungatanga, wananga and ako.

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

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how effectively data is being used to identify and respond to the learning needs of ākonga to accelerate their progress and achievement.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is to:

• support ākonga to achieve success with a strong, secure sense of their identity

• meet the aspirations of all ākonga, whānau, hapū and iwi through broad and meaningful educational experiences and pathways

• build teacher capability to use robust and accurate achievement data to inform teaching and learning.

The school expects to see:

• confident, resilient and connected ākonga who are actively engaged in their learning

• targeted and appropriate interventions which effectively support ākonga to make accelerated progress towards achieving excellent and equitable outcomes.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to evaluate how effectively data is being used to accelerate ākonga progress and achievement:

• a responsive and flexible localised curriculum to support meeting the diverse needs of ākonga has been implemented

• conditions, structures, systems and processes to support ākonga progress and achievement are being strengthened and refined

• leaders are working with teachers to embed effective and consistent teaching practices throughout the school.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• professional development which builds teaching capability to use achievement data to improve learner outcomes

• developing student agency and understanding of progress and achievement to co-construct learning pathways which improve their learning outcomes

• strengthening internal evaluation processes and practices.

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

18 October 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