3 Blue Heron Rise, Stanmore Bay
View on mapAkarangi | Quality Evaluation evaluates the extent to which this early childhood service has the learning and organisational conditions to support equitable and excellent outcomes for all learners. Te Ara Poutama Indicators of quality for early childhood education: what matters most are the basis for making judgements about the effectiveness of the service in achieving equity and excellence for all learners. Judgements are made in relation to the Outcomes Indicators, Learning and Organisational Conditions. The Evaluation Judgement Rubric derived from the indicators, is used to inform ERO’s judgements about this service’s performance in promoting equity and excellence.
ERO’s judgements for Early Years Ltd are as follows:
Outcome Indicators(What the service knows about outcomes for learners) | Whakatō Emerging |
Ngā Akatoro Domains | |
Learning ConditionsOrganisational Conditions | Whakatō Emerging Whakatō Emerging |
Early Years Ltd was recently purchased and is now under new ownership. The centre owners manage governance operations. The qualified owner in the role of centre manager oversees the curriculum with the centre supervisor. The children in attendance are from diverse cultural backgrounds, including small numbers with Māori heritage.
Children, toddlers and infants experience a calm and unhurried environment. Teachers respond sensitively to the needs of the children and infants in their care. Infants’ early oral literacy skills are supported through the responsiveness of the teachers to role model language and conversation.
The service’s curriculum uses the strands and goals of Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum. The leaders and teachers are developing the systems, processes and teaching capability for planning, assessment and evaluation. As a result, there is limited evidence to show children’s increasing capabilities in relation to the learning outcomes in Te Whāriki.
Staff have yet to implement a responsive curriculum that includes children’s cultures, home languages and identity as learners. The leaders have self-identified that they need to extend their team’s knowledge to plan and implement a culturally responsive curriculum, including that which integrates whānau aspirations.
Leaders have prioritised the development of policies and procedures with a focus on meeting the licensing requirements. The leaders acknowledge a new priority for external expertise to support the collective capability to do and use evaluation with a focus of ongoing improvement.
Leaders have developed a process for performance appraisal for the teaching team. The current appraisal process could be strengthened by aligning it with the professional growth cycle. Teachers capability in evaluating the effectiveness of their teaching practice in relation to outcomes for children, needs to be supported. Further targeted professional learning and critical feedback is required to guide teachers to inquire into their teaching, make evidence-based changes and consider how this has impacted on outcomes for children.
Early Years Ltd will include the following actions in its Quality Improvement Planning:
Before the review, the staff and management of Early Years Ltd completed an ERO Assurance Statement and Self-Audit Checklist. In these documents they attested that they have taken all reasonable steps to meet their legal obligations related to:
During the review, ERO looked at the service’s systems for managing the following areas that have a potentially high impact on children's wellbeing:
All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements.
ERO identified the following areas of non-compliance:
Licensing Criteria for Early Childhood Education and Care Centres 2008, HS28.
ERO recommends the Ministry follows up with the service provider to ensure non-compliances identified in this report are addressed.
Patricia Davey
Director of Early Childhood Education (ECE)
7 June 2024
| Early Childhood Service Name | Early Years Ltd |
| Profile Number | 10350 |
| Location | Stanmore Bay, Auckland |
| Service type | Education and care service |
| Number licensed for | 40 children, including up to 10 aged under 2 |
| Percentage of qualified teachers | 80-99% |
| Service roll | 15 |
| Review team on site | April 2024 |
| Date of this report | 7 June 2024 |
| Most recent ERO report(s) | Akanuku | Assurance Review, March 2022; Akanuku | Assurance Review, June 2019 |
ERO’s Akanuku | Assurance Review reports provide information about whether a service meets and maintains regulatory standards. Further information about Akanuku | Assurance Reviews is included at the end of this report.
Regulatory standards | ERO’s judgement |
| Curriculum | Meeting |
| Premises and facilities | Meeting |
| Health and safety | Meeting |
| Governance, management and administration | Meeting |
Since the onsite visit the service has provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed non-compliances and is now taking reasonable steps to meet regulatory standards.
Kids Klub Stanmore Bay Ltd is a privately owned and operated education and care service. It is one of two services under the same ownership. The team includes three qualified teachers, three unqualified teachers and a chef. Children, from birth to school age, play and learn in two separate learning areas.
Children’s preferences are respected, and they are involved in decisions about their learning experiences. The service curriculum is inclusive, and responsive to children as confident and competent learners. Adults providing education and care engage in meaningful, positive interactions to enhance children’s learning and nurture reciprocal relationships.
A sufficient quantity and variety of indoor and outdoor furniture, equipment and materials are provided appropriate for the learning and abilities of children attending.
Since the onsite visit, the service has provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed the following non-compliances:
The next ERO review is likely to be an Akarangi | Quality Evaluation.
Filivaifale Jason Swann
Director Review and Improvement Services (Northern)
Northern Region | Te Tai Raki
8 March 2022
| Early Childhood Service Name | Kids Klub Stanmore Bay Ltd |
| Profile Number | 10350 |
| Location | Stanmore Bay, Auckland |
| Service type | Education and care service |
| Number licensed for | 40 children, including up to 10 aged under 2. |
| Percentage of qualified teachers | 50-79% |
| Service roll | 21 |
| Ethnic composition | Māori 1, NZ European/Pākehā 10, Indian 5, Other ethnic groups 5 |
| Review team on site | February 2022 |
| Date of this report | 8 March 2022 |
| Most recent ERO report(s) | Akanuku | Assurance Review, June 2019 |
All services are licensed under the Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008. The legal requirements for early childhood services also include the Licensing Criteria for Education and Care Services 2008.
Services must meet the standards in the regulations and the requirements of the licensing criteria to gain and maintain a licence to operate.
All early childhood services are required to promote children’s health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements. Before the review, the staff and management of a service completed an ERO Centre Assurance Statement and Self-Audit Checklist. In these documents they attested that they have taken all reasonable steps to meet their legal obligations related to:
As part of an Akanuku | Assurance Review ERO assesses whether the regulated standards are being met. In particular, ERO looks at a service’s systems for managing the following areas that have a potentially high impact on children's wellbeing:
As part of an Akanuku | Assurance Review ERO also gathers and records evidence through:
| Regulatory standards | |
| Curriculum | Meeting |
| Premises and facilities | Meeting |
| Health and safety | Not meeting |
| Governance, management and administration | Not meeting |
At the time of the review, ERO identified areas of non-compliance with regulatory standards that are an unacceptable risk to children.
The centre was purchased, renamed Kids Klub Stanmore Bay Ltd, and licensed by the Ministry of Education in December 2018. There are three qualified teachers, one of whom is the new owner, as well as three unqualified teachers and a chef.
The programme is consistent with Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum. It provides children with a range of experiences and resources in the indoor and outdoor environments. Children’s preferences are respected and teachers are responsive to their needs. A philosophy statement guides the service’s operation and a process of self review is beginning to guide improvements.
ERO identified significant areas of non-compliance with regulatory standards. Following the on-site review, the service provider supplied evidence to ERO to show that most of these non-compliances have now been addressed.
The service provider must ensure that:
Licensing Criteria for Early Childhood Education & Care Services 2008, HS8,17,18, GMA7A.
ERO recommends that the Ministry reassess the licence of Kids Klub Stanmore Bay Ltd. ERO will not undertake a further review of this service until the Ministry of Education is satisfied that the service meets regulatory standards.
The next ERO review of Kids Klub Stanmore Bay Ltd will be in consultation with the Ministry of Education.
Steve Tanner
Director Review and Improvement Services Northern
Northern Region
19 June 2019
| Early Childhood Service Name | Kids Klub Stanmore Bay Ltd | ||
| Profile Number | 10350 | ||
| Location | Stanmore Bay, Whangaparaoa | ||
| Service type | Education and care service | ||
| Number licensed for | 65 children including 15 under two years of age | ||
| Percentage of qualified teachers | 50-79% | ||
| Reported ratios of staff to children | Under 2 | 1:3 – Better than regulatory standards | |
| Over 2 | 1:6 – Better than regulatory standards | ||
| Service roll | 22 | ||
| Gender composition | Boys 13 Girls 9 | ||
| Ethnic composition | Māori 5 NZ European/Pākehā 7 other ethnic groups 10 | ||
| Review team on site | May 2019 | ||
| Date of this report | 19 June 2019 | ||
Most recent ERO report(s)
| Education Review | May 2015 | |
Previously licensed as: Christopher & Robin Early Childhood Centre | |||
All services are licensed under the Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008. The legal requirements for early childhood services also include:
Services must meet the standards in the regulations and the requirements of the licensing criteria to gain and maintain a licence to operate.
All early childhood services are required to promote children’s health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements. Before the review, the staff and management of a service completed an ERO Centre Assurance Statement and Self-Audit Checklist. In these documents they attested that they have taken all reasonable steps to meet their legal obligations related to:
As part of an Assurance Review ERO assesses whether the regulated standards are being met. In particular, ERO looks at a service’s systems for managing the following areas that have a potentially high impact on children's wellbeing:
As part of an Assurance Review ERO also gathers and records evidence through: