Auckland Seventh-Day Adventist H S

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within 18 months of the Education Review Office and Auckland Seventh-Day Adventist High 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

Auckland Seventh-Day Adventist High School (ASDAH) is a state integrated coeducational Years 9 to 13 college. Founded under Adventist Schools New Zealand the school provides a Bible-based curriculum in accordance with its special character status. Most students and their families are of Pacific heritage.

Auckland Seventh-Day Adventist High School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:

• promote high learning and achievement outcomes for all learners at the school

• integrate the school’s Special Seventh-Day Adventist character into all aspects of the school.

You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Auckland Seventh-Day Adventist High School’s website.

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate the effectiveness of the school’s responsive curriculum and effective teaching for achieving equity and excellence for all learners.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:

• to enable students at the senior level to achieve outcomes and success at school and beyond

• an intentional focus on literacy and numeracy in Years 9 and 10

• to ensure that learner outcomes, achievement and progress are sustained after disruptions from the Covid-19 pandemic of the pasts 3 years.

The school expects to see:

• all learners effectively supported to achieve equitable outcomes through a responsive curriculum

• improved levels of literacy and numeracy for learners in Years 9 and 10.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support the school in its goal to evaluate the effectiveness of the school’s responsive curriculum and effective teaching for achieving equity and excellence for all learners:

• use of data for identifying priority students and developing effective strategies to meet their needs

• professional learning culture through established internal and external profession learning and development sessions

• innovative and culturally responsive pedagogy is used by teachers which is inclusive of all learners

• strong integration of special character and pastoral programme which support learning in the school

• high achievement of Māori and Pacific learners in National Certificate of Educational Achievement.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• strengthening literacy and numeracy strategies across Years 9 and 10 to address the disruption to learning caused by the Covid-19 pandemic

• promoting learning opportunities and extension for gifted and talented students

• strengthening intentional connections with parents and 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

13 June 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