Reremoana Primary School

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within 18 months of the Education Review Office and Reremoana Primary 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 

Reremoana School is a culturally diverse full primary school catering for students in years 1 to 8 in Wattle Downs, Auckland. Reremoana School’s vision holds a holistic view of success, valuing our Language of Learning dispositions ‘Be Collaborative, Be Creative, Be Resilient, Be Respectful, Be A Contributor, Be A Thinker’, together with core curriculum areas.

Reremoana Primary School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are to:

• develop learning focused environments that grow engaged, confident and self-managing learners|ākonga

• build knowledge and skills to support the cornerstones for wellbeing|hauora for all learners|ākonga

• work in partnership with our community to improve learning outcomes for all learners|ākonga.

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

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how well learner-focused and culturally responsive teaching practices are impacting on equitable outcomes for all learners|ākonga.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:

• to achieve consistency of local curriculum implementation and teaching practice across our school

• to better respond to inequities through enhancing our culturally responsiveness

• to increase equity and accelerated progress for students working towards curriculum expectations.

The school expects to see:

• increasing consistency of teaching practice and implementation of professional learning and development

• everyone’s language, culture and identify reflected, celebrated and represented within the school

• increased engagement and hauora of learners/ākonga, staff and whanau

• increased equity and excellence of achievement for all learners. 

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support the school in its goal to evaluate how well learner-focused and culturally responsive teaching practices are impacting on equitable outcomes for all learners|ākonga.

• a well-developed strategic plan that provides clear and succinct guidance for ongoing school improvement

• school leadership that reflects commitment to achieving strategic goals

• an inclusive learning climate where wellbeing and a sense of belonging are actively valued and promoted

• a broad and authentic curriculum driven by the school’s Language of Learning dispositions.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• building internal evaluation capacity to improve outcomes for learners|ākonga

• continuing to build collective staff capacity and capability through relevant ongoing professional learning and development to achieve consistent practice

• strengthening learning focused relationships with whānau.

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 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