10 Pascal Street, Palmerston North
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 |
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.
The service is one of four under the Little Monkeys umbrella. The owner has oversight of governance, management and administration. A senior team leader oversees day-to-day operations and leads a teaching team of seven. Half the children identify as Māori and a small number as Pacific.
Infants, toddlers, and young children experience meaningful and positive relationships with their teachers, enhancing their learning and nurturing reciprocal relationships. They are able to make decisions about their learning and their choices are respected. Children learn in a language-rich environment. Children’s interests inform curriculum. Teachers support children’s developing social competence and understanding of appropriate behaviour. The curriculum acknowledges the place of Māori as tangata whenua.
Since the onsite visit, the service has provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed the following non-compliances:
The next ERO review will be in consultation with the Ministry of Education.
Phil Cowie
Director Review and Improvement Services (Central)
Central Region | Te Tai Pūtahi Nui
3 November 2022
Information About the Service
| Early Childhood Service Name | Little Monkeys Preschool |
| Profile Number | 46051 |
| Location | Palmerston North |
| Service type | Education and care service |
| Number licensed for | 32 children, including up to 15 aged under 2 |
| Percentage of qualified teachers | 100% |
| Service roll | 37 |
| Review team on site | September 2022 |
| Date of this report | 3 November 2022 |
| Most recent ERO report(s) | Akanuku | Assurance Review, April 2021; Education Review, August 2017 |
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 regulatory 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 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.
Little Monkeys Preschool is one of two centre based services in Palmerston North. The all day education and care service’s latest license was issued in April 2018. The owner/manager leads a teaching team of seven.
The service curriculum is informed by assessment, planning and evaluation that demonstrates an understanding of children’s learning, their interests, whānau aspirations and life contexts. It supports children’s developing social competence and understanding of appropriate behaviour.
Teachers engage in meaningful, positive interactions to enhance children’s learning and nurture reciprocal relationships.
The design and layout of the premises support the provision of different types of indoor and outdoor experiences.
Since the onsite visit the service has provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed the following non-compliance:
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
30 April 2021
| Early Childhood Service Name | Little Monkeys Preschool |
| Profile Number | 46051 |
| Location | Palmerston North |
| Service type | Education and care service |
| Number licensed for | 32 children, including up to 12 aged under 2. |
| Percentage of qualified teachers | 80%+ |
| Service roll | 31 |
| Ethnic composition | Māori 13, NZ European/Pākehā 14, Other ethnic groups 4. |
| Review team on site | March, 2021 |
| Date of this report | 30 April 2021 |
| Most recent ERO report(s) | Education Review, August 2017 Education Review, June 2014
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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: