5 Nineteenth Avenue, Tauranga South, Tauranga
View on mapAkarangi | Quality Evaluations evaluate the extent to which early childhood services have 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 and Early Childhood Education (ECE) Improvement Framework (teacher led services) are the basis for making judgements about the quality of the service in achieving equity and excellence for all learners. Evaluations for improvement | Ngā Aronga Whai Hua is integrated across all of the above domains.
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 |
At the time of the review, ERO found the service was taking reasonable steps to meet regulatory standards.
Kids on Nineteen Early Learning Centre is a privately owned education and care service. Two aged-based areas cater for children from infants to school age. The centre manager is responsible for overall daily operations. More than a quarter of the children identify as Māori. A number of children from other ethnic groups attend.
The service curriculum provides children with a range of experiences and opportunities to enhance and extend their learning and development. Positive interactions nurture reciprocal relationships between adults and children. A language-rich environment supports children’s learning.
The curriculum acknowledges and reflects the unique place of Māori as tangata whenua. There are opportunities for children to develop knowledge and an understanding of the cultural heritages of both parties to Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Positive steps are taken to respect and acknowledge parent aspirations for their children. They are provided with regular opportunities to communicate with teachers around their children’s learning.
Next steps include:
The next ERO review is likely to be an Akarangi | Quality Evaluation.
Phil Cowie
Director Review and Improvement Services (Central)
Central Region | Te Tai Pūtahi Nui
19 August 2022
| Early Childhood Service Name | Kids on Nineteen Early Learning Centre |
| Profile Number | 40207 |
| Location | Tauranga |
| Service type | Education and care service |
| Number licensed for | 42 children, including up to 12 aged under 2 |
| Percentage of qualified teachers | 80-99% |
| Service roll | 38 |
| Review team on site | July 2022 |
| Date of this report | 19 August 2022 |
| Most recent ERO report(s) | Akanuku | Assurance Review, June 2020; Education Review, June 2018 |
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:
ERO’s Assurance Review reports provide information about whether a service meets and maintains regulatory standards. Further information about Assurance Reviews is included at the end of this report.
Regulatory standards | ERO’s judgement |
| Curriculum | Meeting |
| Premises and facilities | Not meeting |
| Health and safety | Not meeting |
| Governance, management and administration | Meeting |
At the time of the review, ERO identified areas of non-compliance with regulatory standards that are an unacceptable risk to children.
Kids on Nineteen Early Learning Centre is a privately owned, full-day, education and care service. Two aged-based areas cater for children from infants to school age. The qualified centre manager, with support from two head teachers, leads a team of five fully qualified teachers and four unqualified teachers.
The service is not meeting regulatory standards in a number of areas.
Children experience positive interactions with teachers, enhancing their learning and nurturing reciprocal relationships. Individual planning responds to children’s interests, strengths and the aspirations of parents. Information and guidance is sought from external agencies to support children with additional learning and development needs.
Ongoing professional development has contributed to internal evaluation that is helping the centre maintain and improve some aspects of centre operation. An annual plan guides day-to-day operation and an annual budget guides financial expenditure.
ERO found areas of non-compliance in the service relating to:
Licensing Criteria for Early Childhood Education and Care Centres 2008, PF4, PF28, HS2, HS4, HS5, HS6, HS7, HS8, HS12, HS27, HS28.
ERO recommends that the Ministry reassess the licence of Kids on Nineteen Early Learning Centre. 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 on Nineteen Early Learning Centre will be in consultation with the Ministry of Education.
Darcy Te Hau
Acting Director Review and Improvement Services
Central Region - Te Tai Pūtahi Nui
4 June 2020
| Early Childhood Service Name | Kids on Nineteen Early Learning Centre |
| Profile Number | 40207 |
| Location | Tauranga |
| Service type | Education and care service |
| Number licensed for | 42 children, including up to 15 aged under 2. |
| Percentage of qualified teachers | 80%+ |
| Reported ratio of staff to children under 2 | 1-5 - Meets regulatory standards. |
| Reported ratio of staff to children over 2 | 1-10 - Meets regulatory standards. |
| Service roll | 34 |
| Gender composition | Male 17 Female 17 |
| Ethnic composition | Māori 10 NZ European/Pākehā 9 Other 5 |
| Review team on site | February 2020 |
| Date of this report | 4 June 2020 |
| Most recent ERO report(s) | Education Review, June 2018; Education Review, April 2015 |
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 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: