Comments from our latest Education Review Office (ERO) Report:
Strong professional leadership, collegial support and high expectations for student achievement contribute to positive and purposeful teaching and learning.
Teachers promote particularly effective teaching strategies including problem solving, students’ assessing their own learning and teachers’ use of questioning to support strategic thinking and learning.
A strength of Abbotsford School is the 'high degree of preparedness of the Year 8 students for Secondary School.'
Teachers plan to provide students with a variety of interesting experiences and challenges.
The school fosters close links with its community through a variety of programmes. Students continue to achieve through many learning opportunities provided by skilled teachers in a safe and supportive environment.”
Significant features of the school identified by ERO:
Respectful and supportive relationships between different groups within the
school community.
Teachers’ commitment to promoting life-long learning·
The dedication of the Principal to building leaders in her school.
High quality literacy learning programmes.
Targeted and effective teacher professional learning and development
Students who value their learning opportunities and their sense of belonging in
the school.