Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
Background
This Profile Report was written within twelve months of the Education Review Office and Broadfield 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
Broadfield School is a state co-educational school located near Christchurch and caters for students in Years 1 to 8.
Broadfield School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:
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to create learning pathways that enable people to achieve success
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to lead collaborative, respectful learner focused relationships
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to provide an equitable and inclusive learning environment and an inspiring localised curriculum.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plans on Broadfield School’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate to what extent students experience the vision and values of Broadfield School, effective teacher practice and a responsive and inspiring local curriculum.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is to:
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develop a shared understanding of the schools’ local curriculum
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embed the MoE Curriculum Refresh programme including digital technology and the new history curriculum
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address inequities in achievement.
The school expects to use the outcome of the evaluation to:
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implement a revised localised curriculum which reflects the school values and teacher, student and community voice
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strengthen meaningful assessment and reporting practices which are focussed on next steps and equity
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promote access and opportunities for learning for all students, particularly for those who are achieving below expectation.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support the school in its goal of developing a local curriculum and assessment practices:
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school leaders and teachers have a clear understanding of acceleration and use this to set expectations for progress
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teachers have a strong focus on increasing children’s engagement, and make appropriate use of children’s needs, interests, and abilities to help shape learning programmes.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
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supporting teachers to grow their confidence and capability in developing curriculum programmes that reflect the local context
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analysing achievement data to ensure that programmes promote equity and excellence for all students.
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.
Dr Lesley Patterson
Director Review and Improvement Services (Southern)
Southern Region | Te Tai Tini
14 June 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.