Latest ERO Report - March 2020 

 ERO (Education Review Office) visited our school for their scheduled visit in March 2020. We are very excited to share their report with you all. A link to the full report can be found on ERO’s website here, but for those of you who would like the summarised headlines we are very proud to share the following with you. 

Our overall judgement is Strong. This is the highest judgement within the new ERO framework and as such indicates that; 

• Outcomes for students are consistently equitable and excellent. 
• Our school-wide processes, practices and activities effectively support culturally responsive education provision. 
• We effectively provide high quality conditions for student learning.
• Our coherent conditions effectively enable sustained, equitable and excellent outcomes for students.

Key strengths of our school that were celebrated by ERO are; 

• Our diverse and responsive curriculum that promotes learner agency and ownership of learning.
• Culturally responsive education that connects students to the local environment and history.
• Educationally focused partnerships that support the school’s vision for learners.
• Leadership, systems and practices that promote learner engagement and success.
• A coherent vision that has been collectively and collaboratively developed.

Next Steps for us to develop as a school; 

• Extending aspects of internal evaluation to show a consistent focus on outcomes for learners.
• Extending culturally responsive practices to enhance students’ te reo Māori learning.

Needless to say, we are extremely proud of this review and ERO’s findings. It was fantastic that ERO acknowledged and highly praised our revisioning work that we collectively constructed as a community during 2019. As a Board, this is a piece of work that we are very proud of and which we believe will continue to drive our school forward into the future. 

Huge thanks to the whole team at school for all that they do to contribute to such a ‘strong’ team and many thanks to all of you for your continued support of the school as they work to deliver a curriculum that is rich, diverse and student focused. 

Ngā mihi,
Sumner School Board of Trustees