Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
Background
This Profile Report was written within six months of the Education Review Office and Ōtūmoetai Intermediate 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
Ōtūmoetai Intermediate is located in Tauranga and caters for students in Years 7 and 8. The roll is stable within its current capacity of 930. Leadership is experienced and staffing is stable. The school places the O.I.S learner at the heart of decision making. The school culture is underpinned by the values of whanaungatanga, manaakitanga, wairuatanga, kotahitanga and mana motuhake, and is focused on achieving its vision that ‘students are confident, connected, actively involved and becoming life-long learners’.
Ōtūmoetai Intermediate’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:
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to ensure that all students experience effective learning in a positive environment focused on meeting the unique and individual needs of the emerging adolescent
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fostering partnerships with the community, whānau, hapu and iwi to ensure identity and belonging is nurtured within a positive learning environment
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to seek ways to innovate within a culture of self-improvement and provide a local curriculum that promotes equity and excellence for all.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Ōtūmoetai Intermediate’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how well the school curriculum supports student wellbeing, equity and excellence for all.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is to support:
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systematic, collaborative inquiry and internal monitoring and evaluation processes that are focused on continual improvement and equitable outcomes for all
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leaders’ focus on ensuring the curriculum meets the individual needs of all learners within a culture that fosters identity and belonging.
The school expects to see continued:
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high levels of professional capability and collective capacity sustained through access to relevant internal and external expertise to continually improve the localised curriculum
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evidence of a culture of learning that is consistently characterised by respect, inclusion, empathy, collaboration and safety to sustain the trajectory towards equitable and excellent outcomes for all learners.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to continually adapt the curriculum to ensure wellbeing, equity and excellence for all learners:
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Professional relationships and effective teaching that focus on the learning and wellbeing of each student.
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Leadership that is strategically and consistently focused on coherent organisational conditions that promote monitoring, evaluation, inquiry and knowledge building and contributes to equity and excellence.
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Community collaborations that enrich opportunities for students to become confident, connected and actively involved learners.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
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continuing to implement strategic actions and refine improvements to the school curriculum in response to student information, whānau and community voice
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continuing to grow and foster strong relationships that support learners’ language, culture and identity and promote positive learner outcomes and wellbeing.
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 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
27 July 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