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School Annual Report
Schools are required to send to the Secretary of Education an annual report before the
close of school each year. The content of the report must follow the guidelines below.
Guidelines for School Annual Report
The Annual Report should focus on the outcomes and delivery of the school’s goals for the year as
identified in the Annual and Strategic plans. These goals should, along with the plans, align with
the Cook Islands Educational Guidelines.All reports and comments should be objective in nature
and comply with the Cook Islands Ministry of Education Code of Ethics.
1. Annual Operational/Action Plan
Include the School Operational/Action Plan for the current year.
2. School Management
organisational structure of school – (can be diagrammatic)
QMS implementation/new policies/review process
brief QMS committee reports can be included
3. Curriculum Delivery
Reports from relevant committees and departmental/syndicate/level reports can be included.
Curriculum committee report stating objectives and outcomes for the year
Departmental/syndicate/level reports that report against stated objectives for the
year and may include some or all of the following:
- teaching/learning of curriculum objectives
- teaching/learning of essential skills
- identifying and eliminating barriers to learning
- assessment practice
- evaluation of teaching programmes – department/students
- bi-lingual outcomes
- resource management
- qualifications – achievement at levels summary
- staffing professional development
- other outcomes
4. Student Achievement
Data should be collected to demonstrate improved retention and achievement over time. Schools
may choose to present some disaggregated data
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so that trends and patterns can be analysed.
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Student achievement data can be reported for whole populations, or as aggregate data. It is not until the data are
disaggregated that patterns, trends and other important information are uncovered. Disaggregated data simply means
looking at assessment results by specific subgroups of students.