2986 Broadlands Road , Reporoa
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Broadlands School
School Evaluation Report
Tēnā koutou e mau manawa rahi ki te kaupapa e aro ake nei, ko te tamaiti te pūtake o te kaupapa. Mā wai rā e kawe, mā tātau katoa.
We acknowledge the collective effort, responsibility and commitment by all to ensure that the child remains at the heart of the matter.
Context
Broadlands School is a rural school situated within the Reporoa Valley, midway between Taupō and Rotorua and provides education for learners in Years 1 to 6.
There are three parts to this report.
Part A: A summary of the findings from the most recent Education Review Office (ERO) report and/or subsequent evaluation.
Part B: An evaluative summary of learner success and school conditions to inform the school board’s future strategic direction, including any education in Rumaki/bilingual settings.
Part C: The improvement actions prioritised for the school’s next evaluation cycle.
Part A: Previous Improvement Goals
Since the previous report in July 2022, the school and ERO worked together to evaluate how well deliberate and responsive teaching processes in the school contribute to achieving valued outcomes for all learners.
Expected Improvements and Findings
The school expected to see:
Planned improvements in deliberate and responsive teaching and learning processes schoolwide, resulting in improved outcomes for priority learners.
- The majority of learners achieve at or above curriculum levels in literacy and mathematics; inequity remains for some groups of learners and has increased for some learners.
- Continuing to improve the consistency of deliberate and responsive teaching and learning practices to improve student outcomes remains a priority.
- Positive connections continue to grow with local hapū and iwi, supported through the Kāhui Ako.
Other Findings
During the course of the evaluation, it was found that students are increasingly given opportunities for leadership as they progress through the year levels. Senior students value their leadership roles and responsibilities within the school.
Part B: Current State
The following findings are to inform the school’s future priorities for improvement.
Learner Success and Wellbeing
The majority of learners achieve at expected curriculum levels. |
- Most learners achieve at and above expected curriculum levels in reading, writing and mathematics; schoolwide assessment information shows variable levels of improvement over time.
- Disparity in achievement is evident for some groups of students and reducing this, particularly for Māori learners, remains a priority for the school.
- Regularly analysed and reported wellbeing survey data is used to further strengthen an inclusive and supportive school environment.
- Student attendance improved during 2023 with a majority attending regularly; the school continues to work towards meeting the Ministry of Education attendance target.
Conditions to support learner success
Leaders actively foster a culture committed to quality teaching and improving learner outcomes. |
- Leaders continue to involve more whānau in sharing what outcomes they want for their children; this information should be used to inform school strategic planning priorities.
- Positive relationships with education providers and community groups supports students to access a breadth of high interest learning opportunities.
- Leaders are further developing robust systems and processes to strengthen the quality of teaching, learning and assessment practices, including the development of teacher professional growth cycle.
Teaching is increasingly responsive to the differing needs of learners. |
- A structured approach to the teaching and learning of literacy in the junior school is beginning to improve learner success in reading.
- Respectful and collaborative teacher-learner relationships support an inclusive environment and promotes student engagement in learning.
- Systems enable teachers to work collectively to monitor and support learner progress and achievement and strengthen aspects of teaching practice.
The school continues to strengthen conditions that underpin ongoing school improvement. |
- Leaders and teachers provide regular opportunities for parents and whānau to engage in school life; and are increasingly involving them as partners in their child’s learning.
- Positive learner behaviour and wellbeing is enhanced through established schoolwide values programmes and many student leadership opportunities.
- The board effectively represents, serves and works with the school community to set improvement targets and resourcing decisions that support students’ wellbeing and increase student achievement.
- Leaders identified, and ERO affirms, that strengthening the use of data and evidence to better inform planning, monitoring and evaluation for improvement is a priority.
Part C: Where to next?
The agreed next steps for the school are to:
- improve outcomes in reading, writing and mathematics for all learners, with a particular focus on accelerated progress for those who are not yet meeting curriculum level expectations
- strengthen schoolwide consistency in planning and effective teaching and learning in literacy and mathematics
- establish robust processes for teachers and leaders to regularly monitor and evaluate the impact of teaching and learning practices on learner progress and achievement
- continue to improve rates of regular attendance for all learners.
The agreed actions for the next improvement cycle and time frames are as follows.
Within three months:
- develop improvement plans for literacy and mathematics that include monitoring and evaluating student progress, and next steps for continued improvement
- establish collective processes to reliably monitor and evaluate the impact of teaching, learning and use of assessment on learner progress and achievement
- identify teachers' strengths and development needs in literacy and mathematics teaching to inform professional learning requirements.
Every six months:
- monitor the effectiveness of literacy and mathematics programmes and the resulting impact on learners’ progress and achievement
- monitor the effectiveness of additional board-funded initiatives in improving outcomes for learners
- monitor and report on the impact of strategies used to improve regular attendance rates for all learners.
Annually:
- evaluate improvements in literacy and mathematics outcomes for all learners and use this information to identify what is having the most impact and where further improvement is needed
- analyse patterns and improvements in attendance for all learners to identify next steps to continue to increase regular attendance rates for all learners
- evaluate how well collective monitoring and evaluation processes improves teaching, learning and assessment practices, and outcomes for at-risk and underachieving learners; to clearly understand strengths and areas of need, to prioritise further improvement
- determine the effectiveness of planned initiatives on positive outcomes for learners to guide strategic resourcing decisions for improvement.
Actions taken against these next steps are expected to result in:
- improved progress, achievement and equitable outcomes for all learners in literacy and mathematics
- increased rates of attendance for all learners
- embedded school systems for monitoring and evaluating the impact of teaching strategies on learners’ progress and achievement
- strengthened schoolwide internal evaluation processes to ensure organisational practices, resources
and strategic decision-making effectively respond to and improve outcomes for learners.
ERO’s role will be to support the school in its evaluation for improvement cycle to improve outcomes for all learners. The next public report on ERO’s website will be a School Evaluation Report and is due within three years.
Me mahi tahi tonu tātau, kia whai oranga a tātau tamariki
Let’s continue to work together for the greater good of all children
Shelley Booysen
Director of Schools
24 September 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
Broadlands School
Board Assurance with Regulatory and Legislative Requirements Report 2024 to 2027
As of March 2024, the Broadlands School Board has attested to the following regulatory and legislative requirements:
Board Administration
Yes
Curriculum
Yes
Management of Health, Safety and Welfare
Yes
Personnel Management
Yes
Finance
Yes
Assets
Yes
Actions for Compliance
ERO and the board have identified the following area of non-compliance during the board assurance process:
- establish an Emergency Management Plan including regular trial evacuations
[Health and Safety at Work Act 2015; Health and Safety at Work Regulations 2016; Education and Training Act 2020]
The board has since taken steps to address the area of non-compliance identified.
Further Information
For further information please contact Broadlands School Board.
The next School Board assurance that it is meeting regulatory and legislative requirements will be reported, along with the Te Ara Huarau | School Evaluation Report, within three years.
Information on ERO’s role and process in this review can be found on the Education Review Office website.
Shelley Booysen
Director of Schools
24 September 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
Broadlands School
Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
Background
This Profile Report was written within 12 months of the Education Review Office and Broadlands 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
Broadlands School is a rural school situated within the Reporoa Valley midway between Taupō and Rotorua and provides education for learners in Years 1-6.
Strategic Priorities
Broadlands School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:
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to provide an inclusive, equitable and culturally responsive school culture that builds high trust partnerships with whānau
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to provide all tamariki and whānau with an identifiable and coherent learning pathway which optimises learning opportunities and achievement for all
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to provide a creative, innovative and well-balanced learning environment that is responsive to the learning needs of all tamariki
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to achieve excellence in all areas of school-life through a virtues-based culture.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Broadlands School’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how well deliberate and responsive teaching processes in the school contribute to achieving valued outcomes for all learners.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:
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the focused opportunity to strengthen capacity for teaching and learning in writing, and coherent practices across the school
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to effectively target acceleration of learner progress for at risk and under achieving learners
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to establish systems and processes for robust and collective monitoring of learner progress to maximise impact for all learners.
The school expects to see planned improvements in deliberate responsive teaching and learning processes schoolwide, resulting in improved outcomes for priority learners.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support the school in its goal to improve approaches to teaching and learning of writing.
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Expertise within the school to lead and support improvement.
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Professional, collaborative and motivated leadership and staff who demonstrate high expectations for every learner.
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A virtues-based culture which fosters wellbeing and high levels of engagement for all learners.
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A well-established plan for improvement that clarifies actions and provides indicators of success.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
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professional learning to support teachers to strengthen processes and practices for monitoring and responding to the needs of all tamariki
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collective professional learning to strengthen and embed teaching practices that have the greatest impact for tamariki
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engaging whānau and community in building high trust learning partnerships to improve learning outcomes for all tamariki.
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.
Phil Cowie
Director Review and Improvement Services (Central)
Central Region | Te Tai Pūtahi Nui
2 August 2022
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
Broadlands School
Board Assurance with Regulatory and Legislative Requirements Report 2021 to 2024
As of September 2021, the Broadlands School Board of Trustees has attested to the following regulatory and legislative requirements:
Board Administration
Yes
Curriculum
Yes
Management of Health, Safety and Welfare
Yes
Personnel Management
Yes
Finance
Yes
Assets
Yes
Further Information
For further information please contact Broadlands School Board of Trustees.
The next Board of Trustees assurance that it is meeting regulatory and legislative requirements will be reported, along with the Te Ara Huarau | School Evaluation Report, within three years.
Information on ERO’s role and process in this review can be found on the Education Review Office website.
Phil Cowie
Director Review and Improvement Services (Central)
Central Region | Te Tai Pūtahi Nui
2 August 2022
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