Roto-O-Rangi School provides education for students in Years 1-6. It is located in a rural community south-west of Cambridge. It has a roll of 72, including 20 who identify as Māori. The school’s overarching vision is to aim high through strong foundations, values and innovative learning. The school states its valued outcomes for students are to develop respect, resilience, co-operation, enthusiasm, consideration, and to enable them to take responsibility for their learning. The school has broad targets focused on increasing the proportion of students achieving National Standards in reading, writing and mathematics.
Leaders and teachers regularly report to the board, school-wide information about outcomes for students in the following areas:
The school belongs to Te Puna o Kemureti a Community of Learning|Kāhui Ako (COL), consisting of local schools and early childhood services.
The school achieves excellent outcomes for almost all students and is making good progress towards achieving equity for all.
The school’s achievement information for 2013 to 2016 shows that most students continue to achieve well in reading and writing and almost all achieved the expected level in mathematics. This data also shows that Māori students achieved at comparable levels to other students in the school. The school’s data indicates that proportionally boys achieved at lower levels than girls in reading and writing and at similar levels in mathematics.
Data from 2013 to 2016 shows a pattern of improved achievement for Māori students.
It also shows that all students receiving specialist support make progress and experience considerable success.
Teachers are responding very well to those Māori and other students whose learning needs acceleration. School data (2015 to 2016), shows that most at-risk students made accelerated progress. This pattern of acceleration has been sustained in 2017.
The school has a positive culture for learning. A feature is the family atmosphere and the respectful and trusting relationships. Students and their families enjoy a positive sense of belonging and connection to the school. Students’ language, culture and identity are valued including the unique position of Māori as tangata whenua within the school. A learner centred, personalised approach supports students to achieve equitable outcomes and success in their learning.
The curriculum is highly responsive to students’ interests and learning needs. Students are confident to take on leadership roles and make informed decisions about their learning. Teachers use strategies that support students to think critically and engage in purposeful learning. Teachers and leaders work collaboratively to make reliable, well-informed overall teacher judgements about individual students’ learning. They use this information to plan personalised learning for students. Individual education plans for students with additional needs are closely monitored in partnership with parents.
Leadership is focused on improving student outcomes. The principal works collaboratively with staff to develop teaching practices that meet identified learning needs, and to teach deliberately. Leadership makes strong connections with the parent community to enact the agreed vision and aspirations for learning.
The school needs to:
Before the review, the board and principal of the school completed the ERO board assurance statement and self-audit checklists. In these documents they attested that they had taken all reasonable steps to meet their legislative obligations related to the following:
During the review, ERO checked the following items because they have a potentially high impact on student safety and wellbeing:
For sustained improvement and future learner success, the school can draw on existing strengths in:
For sustained improvement and future learner success, development priorities are in:
ERO is likely to carry out the next external evaluation in three years.
Lynda Pura-Watson
Deputy Chief Review Officer
Te Tai Miringa - Waikato / Bay of Plenty Region
19 February 2018
Location |
South, west of Cambridge |
Ministry of Education profile number |
1927 |
School type |
Contributing (Years 1 to 6) |
School roll |
72 |
Gender composition |
Boys 36 |
Ethnic composition |
Māori 20 |
Provision of Māori medium education |
No |
Review team on site |
November 2017 |
Date of this report |
19 February 2018 |
Most recent ERO report(s) |
Education Review December 2014 |