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Villa Education Charter Schools fail to achieve targets
Villa Education Charter Schools fail to achieve targets in 2015
The two charter schools operated by Villa Education Trust have achieved only 3 of their 12 student achievement targets for the 2015 year, according to analysis by Save Our Schools NZ.
According to the 2015 annual reports to the public released by the two schools, South Auckland Middle School achieved 2 of their 6 targets and Middle School West Auckland achieved only 1 of their 6 targets.
Detailed results are set out below.
Charter schools are supposedly going to be held to account for their performance against clearly specified performance standards set out in their contracts, including student achievement and student engagement.
In its first year of operation, South Auckland Middle School failed to meet its student engagement performance standard when it missed the required standard for stand downs, suspensions and exclusions.
But the Minister of Education still approved the release of the 1% performance retention funding retained under the contract, even though the contract wording required the school to reach all of its performance standards before such a payment could be made.
The clear underperformance in 2015 of both schools in the most important contract area, which is student achievement, should make the Minister’s decision this year clear cut.
But as charter schools are ultimately a political initiative anything can happen!
2015 Contract Targets and Student Achievement Outcomes:
South Auckland Middle School
| Reading | Writing | Maths | ||||
| Target % | Outcome % | Target % | Outcome % | Target % | Outcome % | |
| Year 7 | 77.0 | 73.3 | 70.0 | 63.3 | 70.0 | 76.7 |
| Year 8 | 80.0 | 70.0 | 72.0 | 76.7 | 72.0 | 70.0 |
Middle School West Auckland
| Reading | Writing | Maths | ||||
| Target % | Outcome % | Target % | Outcome % | Target % | Outcome % | |
| Year 7 | 60.1 | 38.0 | 50.7 | 31.0 | 52.1 | 59.0 |
| Year 8 | 61.6 | 52.0 | 51.9 | 48.0 | 50.8 | 44.0 |
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