22 Anzac Street, Cambridge
View on mapThis Profile Report was written within ten months of the Education Review Office and St Peter’s Catholic School (Cambridge) 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.
St Peter’s Catholic School is a state integrated primary school located in Cambridge and provides education for students in Years 1-8. A new principal was appointed for 2021. The school has strong links to the St Peter’s Catholic Parish.
St Peter’s Catholic School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:
strengthen the use of assessment to make a measurable difference to student engagement and achievement
strengthen cultural competency and ensure Treaty of Waitangi obligations are honoured
strengthen collaborative relationships that make a difference educationally.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on St Peter’s Catholic School (Cambridge) website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how well school conditions are contributing to improving student achievement and enabling equitable and excellent outcomes for all learners. The school is aware of the need to implement consistent assessment practices, develop and sustain cultural competency and empower parents and whānau in quality learning partnerships.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:
the need to be able to access reliable school wide data to monitor, report and act on trends, patterns and levels of equity for groups of students
the opportunity it provides to strengthen partnerships for learning and culturally responsive practices that uphold Te Tiriti o Waitangi obligations and enable an inclusive learning environment.
The school expects to see deliberate actions implemented to identify and meet the needs of individual or groups of students who may require additional support or challenge with their learning.
The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to enable equitable and excellent learner outcomes:
a well-established plan that clarifies actions for improvement
school culture and values that support students to be socially and emotionally competent and resilient
provision of ongoing professional learning, mentoring, and coaching for staff that builds collective capacity.
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
embedding robust assessment practices to strengthen the consistency and reliability of data and improve collation, analysis, and reporting
engaging more purposefully with parents and whānau to strengthen collaborative learning partnerships
deepening te ao Māori understanding to enable a more inclusive and authentic local curriculum.
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
26 May 2022
The Education Counts website provides further information about the school’s student population, student engagement and student achievement educationcounts.govt.nz/home.
As of March 2022, the St Peter’s Catholic School (Cambridge) Board of Trustees has attested to the following regulatory and legislative requirements:
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ERO has identified the following area of non-compliance during the board assurance process:
working towards offering students opportunities for learning second or subsequent languages in Years 7-8.
[The New Zealand Curriculum]
The board has since taken steps to address the area of non-compliance identified.
For further information please contact St Peter’s Catholic School (Cambridge) 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
26 May 2022
The Education Counts website provides further information about the school’s student population, student engagement and student achievement educationcounts.govt.nz/home.
The Education Review Office reviews schools that are signatories to the Education (Pastoral Care of Tertiary and International Learners) Code of Practice 2021 established under section 534 of the Education and Training Act 2020.
St Peter’s Catholic School (Cambridge) has attested that it complies with all aspects of the Code.
No international students were enrolled at the time of the ERO review.
Phil Cowie
Director Review and Improvement Services (Central)
Central Region | Te Tai Pūtahi Nui
26 May 2022
The Education Counts website provides further information about the school’s student population, student engagement and student achievement. educationcounts.govt.nz/home