School Planning and Reporting

• Our strategic plan

The board produces a strategic plan with detailed information about:

• our strategic goals for meeting our objectives

• how our strategic goals have been prioritised

•  our strategies for achieving or making progress towards our strategic goals based on the identities, needs, and aspirations of our community,

• our strategies for seeking to achieve equitable outcomes for Māori

• taking all reasonable steps to provide for learners to be taught and to learn in te reo Māori when requested by their parents or immediate caregivers

• taking reasonable steps to ensure that the policies and practices for our school reflect our cultural diversity

• The data will also show the numbers and proportions of students at, above, below, and well below expectation, including by Māori, Pasifika, and gender (where this this does not breach an individual’s privacy), and students' progress  over time.

• the measures, evidence, and processes the board intends to use to evaluate our progress towards achieving our strategic goals.

• Our annual implementation plan

Our annual implementation plan sets out how the board intends to implement our strategic plan. It includes information about:

• our previous year’s performance and how we will address any unachieved targets from the previous year

• our annual targets for each strategic goal and actions to meet these

• our allocation of resources

• our measures and evidence to evaluate progress

• our teaching and learning strategies and programmes, with a particular emphasis on literacy and numeracy

We publish our annual implementation plan online by 31 March each year.

• Our annual report

Our annual report provides key performance information and includes detailed information about:

• our finances and funding

• our statement of variance, outlining the impact of the actions taken, reasons for any differences between targets and performance, and how these will inform the next year's planning

• the progress and achievement of learners

• compliance with our employment policies

Annual financial statements submitted to the auditor by 31 March each year, annual report (including audited financial statements) submitted to the Ministry of Education by 31 May each year and published online as soon as practicable.

    Reporting to Parents on Student Progress and Achievement

The school formally reports to parents in plain language in a variety of ways, including:

• a 'Meet the Teacher' time in term 1, as appropriate

• sending a written report home at the end of terms 2 and 4. The report is a summary of student achievement, especially  in numeracy and literacy, and the Gorge Road values. 

• holding 3-way learning conferences and goal-setting following term 2 reporting

Parents and teachers will make contact as soon as practicable about learning or behaviour issues &/or successes. This contact may be in person, by phone or email or other appropriate methods.

    Reporting to Board on Student Progress and Achievement

Giving priority to reporting in Literacy and Numeracy, the principal will regularly report to the BOT  to identify students who-

• are not achieving at cohort level (either above or below)

• are at risk of not achieving

• have special needs or special abilities

The principal will analyse the data for Maori (& Pasifika) students, and  for gender, looking for trends and patterns.

This will only be possible when this  does not identify individual students.

The reporting will identify strengths/ weaknesses in curriculum delivery, and next steps for Teachers, pupils and Board 

This could involve purchase of resources, investment in Professional Development, additional staffing...

Reviewed Term 3, 2026