Macleans College

The roll ERO recorded, and when

ERO writes a roll into each report it publishes: a count taken for that report, on the day shown, by the review team that was there. The Ministry of Education’s current roll for this school is 3078 — the figure at the top of this page, and the one to use for how big the school is now. These are a different measurement by a different body, so they will rarely agree, and a difference between them is not a change in the school.

1. August 2018

   2214

   Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 24 September 2018

This is one count taken for one report. It says what the roll was on that day, and nothing about how the roll has moved.

What ERO wrote in its latest report

This is ERO’s report of 8 August 2023 — “Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report” — section by section, under ERO’s own headings, in ERO’s own order. Nothing is summarised, shortened or reordered.

Background

This Profile Report was written within six months of the Education Review Office and Macleans College 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

Macleans College is a co-educational school catering for student from Years 9 to 13. The school’s vision is to deliver quality education and development of opportunities to the young people of our community, ensuring they receive excellent preparation for further education, acceptance of social responsibilities and work in an international environment.

Macleans College’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:

provide an orderly environment that fosters the traditional Macleans values and enables student success in every aspect of school life

use a teacher-led pedagogy based on the interpersonal and social nature of learning, with students creating a written record of their learning

deliver a rigorous, knowledge rich curriculum.

You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Macleans College’s website.

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how well the school’s development of horizontal and vertical curriculum coherence, supported by effective teaching and learning ensures equitable and excellent student attainment.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:

a school-wide focus on curriculum coherence and effective teaching has the potential to have the biggest impact on achievement for most students

the school is currently revising its curriculum to ensure schemes of work scaffold a structured sequencing of content and skills between year levels (vertical coherence) and between classes of the same year (horizontal coherence)

development of curriculum and pedagogy ensure students are well prepared to achieve in both NCEA and CAIE qualification pathways.

The school expects to see:

all schemes of work refreshed with purposeful structured sequencing of content and skills (vertical coherence) and inclusive of matauranga Māori

all unit plans clearly outline content, skills, homework and assessment criteria in a common format for each course (horizontal coherence)

all staff are observed delivering a consistent school-wide pedagogy that uses common teaching and learning strategies

effective interventions are in place for students at risk of not achieving.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to evaluate how well the development of horizontal and vertical curriculum coherence, supported by effective teaching and learning ensures equitable and excellent student attainment:

the school has sustainable, high levels of professional capability and collective capacity to continually improve and innovate with access to relevant expertise

curriculum design and leadership are enhancing how and when students learn in order to continuously improve

teachers consistently use effective teaching strategies and practices to promote equitable and excellent learner outcomes

coherent organisational conditions promote monitoring, evaluation, inquiry and knowledge building.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

interdisciplinary coherence by developing a consistent language of learning and teaching strategies

embedding effective cross-curricular numeracy and literacy pedagogies

improving visibility of actions taken to support cultural identity, particularly for Māori .

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.

Shelley Booysen Director of Schools

8 August 2023

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

Read this report on ero.govt.nz →