Marcellin College

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report 

Background

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

Marcellin College, in Royal Oak, Auckland, is a state integrated co-educational Catholic secondary school providing special character education for students from Years 7 to 15. Since the previous ERO review in 2017, a new principal been appointed to the school.  

The school’s vision is to ‘Transform lives through faith, knowledge and education founded on Marist traditions.

Marcellin College’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:

• cultivate a global missionary mindset underpinned by the teachings of Christ to enhance ākonga Marist mission and spirituality
• strengthen school wide culture to ensure the physical, emotional, social, and spiritual wellbeing of ākonga
• enable effective ako (teaching and learning) to empower ākonga to be future ready, lifelong learners.

A copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan can be requested from Marcellin College.

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how effectively the implementation of interventions to raise achievement and track progress promote equitable and excellent achievement outcomes and engagement for all ākonga. 

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is: 

• to ensure interventions promote improved attendance and engagement in learning 
• to raise achievement in literacy and numeracy 
• to support effective engagement and success in future curriculum learning and achievement. 

The school expects to see:

• improvement in attendance and punctuality
• improved achievement outcomes for students
•  the refinement and embedding of systems and processes to promote attendance and engagement. 

Strengths 

The school can draw from the following strengths to support it in its goal evaluate the implementation of interventions to raise achievement and track progress promote equitable and excellent achievement outcomes and engagement for all ākonga. 

• its dedication to its Catholic special character and values
• high expectations for students’ academic success
• strong whānau spirit of the Marcellin College stakeholders to work together to find responsive solutions to improve the wellbeing and learning outcomes for all tamariki. 

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• embedding systematic and sustained school processes, practices, and actions
• responding quickly to learners so they progress and achieve well. 

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 June 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