Kingsview School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report 

Background

This Profile Report was written within 12 months of the Education Review Office and KingsView 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 

KingsView School is situated in Frankton, Queenstown. It provides education for students in Years 1 – 8. The school’s Christian special character is woven through all learning areas. A principal was appointed in late 2021, and an all-new teaching team started in 2023. The school’s mission is to work in partnership with parents to provide a Christ-centred education, based on Biblical truths, which develops each child’s character, gifts and abilities to the glory of God.

KingsView School’s strategic priorities to improve outcomes for learners are to:

• complete special character professional development for staff
• establish Positive Behaviour 4 Learning (PB4L) teaching systems
• improve achievement in writing across the whole school.

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

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how well the school is gathering, analysing and using high quality assessment information to improve teaching and learning and inform strategic decision making.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is leaders and teachers have identified a need to make better use of progress and achievement information to inform: 

• high quality teaching and learning programmes within classrooms
• coherent curriculum design across the school
• strategic planning for continuous improvement.

The school expects to see sufficient rates of progress and improved learning outcomes in reading, writing and mathematics.

Strengths 

The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to evaluate how well it is gathering, analysing and using high quality assessment information to improve teaching and learning and inform strategic decision making:

• the school’s special character and values are evident and help support a positive learning environment
• English Language learners are integrated well into school life and a variety of support systems are in place to support them to learn English and access the wider curriculum. 

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• adopting assessment systems and processes to support consistent and effective teacher practice across the school
• professional learning for leaders and teachers to build their capability in collection, analysis and use of data
• students growing their capabilities in self and peer assessment to help them understand their next learning steps and use this information to accelerate their progress rates.

ERO has concerns about 

The leadership of learning to effectively:

• gather, use and analyse achievement information to inform schoolwide improvement
• report high quality achievement information to trustees to support scrutiny and informed decision making.

Recommendation

The school continues to develop a plan to bring about the improvements identified. ERO has recommended that the Ministry of Education provide additional tailored support to the school. 

The Ministry of Education is working alongside the school.

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

11 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