Mangatangi School

The same report — the board assurance report of 29 June 2023 — also sets out actions for compliance: the non-compliance ERO identified during that process. This is that section of the report in full, in ERO’s words.

ERO and the board have identified the following areas of non-compliance during the board assurance process:

a police vet had not been obtained every three years for every person, contractor or employee who works at the school

[Education and Training Act 2020, Schedule 4]

accurate records of the safety checking process for employees were not kept.

[Children’s Act 2014]

The board has since addressed the areas of non-compliance identified.

Read this board assurance report on ero.govt.nz →

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 105 — 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. October 2019

   109

   Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 21 February 2020

2. April 2016

   102

   Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 16 June 2016

We draw no line between these. Each was counted for its own report, years apart, by a different review team, and a roll moves between reviews for reasons none of these figures record — so the difference between any two of them measures nothing.

What ERO wrote in its latest report

This is ERO’s report of 29 June 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 ten months of the Education Review Office and Mangatangi 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

Mangatangi School, located in the North Waikato , provides education for students in Years 0 – 8. The school strives to provide an enriched learning environment where students are encouraged to develop a ‘THIRST’ for learning. At Mangatangi School, students ‘live rural, learn local and think global’.

Mangatangi School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are to ensure:

all students progress and achieve their highest possible educational potential

Māori students enjoy educational success as Māori

the school and wider community engage in supporting our students in their learning, growth and development as young people.

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

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate the extent to which the curriculum is responding to student need, and learning-focused partnerships are being strengthened to promote excellent and equitable outcomes.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:

close alignment with the school’s strategic plan

the acute need to tailor the curriculum to the needs of students in the post-pandemic environment

the opportunity to use evaluation findings to inform ongoing refinements to teaching and learning.

The school expects to see equitable and excellent student outcomes resulting from:

a curriculum that responds effectively to learner needs as identified through analysis of student achievement information

strengthened, learning-focused partnerships promoting whānau engagement in the learning journey

data being used to unpack the impact of improvement actions and to inform ongoing refinements to the curriculum.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to ensure all students reach their potential:

positive relationships that support connection and engagement

a school environment that is focused on promoting student wellbeing

leadership at all levels that actively pursues the school’s vision and values.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

continuing to build teacher capacity to use student achievement information to identify learning needs and to respond to those needs with targeted planning

establishing educational partnerships with parents and whānau to enable them to play an active role in their child’s learning

using information about student progress to track the impact of improvement actions and understand what is working for who.

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

29 June 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 →