Baradene College

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

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

Baradene College is in Remuera, Auckland and is a Catholic girls’ school that provides a special character education for students from Years 7 to 13. The school’s mission statement is: To provide a loving community of learning in the ethos and spirit of the Society of the Sacred Heart which empowers the growth of confident young women to be leaders of the future. Baradene College’s aspiration for each student ‘extends far beyond challenging them to reach their academic potential’ with the goal being for every student to leave the school ready to succeed as a global citizen.

Baradene College’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for students are:

• Special Character
• Te Tiriti o Waitangi
• Curriculum and academic accomplishment
• Empowering lifelong learners
• Our loving learning community.

You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Baradene College’s website.

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how effectively achievement data informs teaching practice and supports students’ academic progress.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is to:

• ensure student progress and achievement outcomes are consistently equitable and excellent for all
• further embed the use of robust and accurate achievement data to support student achievement.

The school expects to see:

• teachers actively engaged in analysing data and using it in their planning and teaching to identify the gaps in learning outcomes for their students
• students demonstrating increased agency and self-efficacy in their learning to achieve equity and excellence in their achievement outcomes.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to use achievement data more effectively:

• high engagement of students in their learning which results in strong levels of academic achievement
• a collaborative professional learning environment ensures excellent teaching so students achieve to their potential
• a positive, supportive school culture that promotes a sense of belonging.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• continuing professional learning for teachers to embed the use of robust and accurate achievement data in teaching and learning
• developing the Academic Deans’ role to support students to achieve their academic potential
• engaging in research-based projects to review and identify practices to further enhance equitable and excellent outcomes for all.

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

24 August 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