65 Hayward Road, Ngatea
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 Ngatea Early Learning Centre are as follows:
Outcome Indicators(What the service knows about outcomes for learners) | Whāngai Establishing |
Ngā Akatoro Domains | |
Learning ConditionsOrganisational Conditions | Whāngai Establishing Whāngai Establishing |
This service is one of three under the same private ownership. The owner has responsibility for governance. There have been significant staff and leadership changes. Little progress has been made since ERO’s previous review in 2022. Nearly half of children attending identify as Māori.
Children have access to a variety of resources that encourage their social and creative play. Teachers’ interactions with children are responsive. Older children role model and learn alongside younger children. Tuakana-teina (older-younger child) relationships enhance children’s developing oral language and social competence.
Positive relationships with families have been established and there are some opportunities for parents to be involved in the curriculum. This includes celebrating children’s home languages and cultural events. Parents’ aspirations for their child’s learning are gathered. The curriculum is inclusive and enables full participation of children with additional learning needs.
Māori tamariki experience some use of te reo Māori and aspects of tikanga Māori during daily routines. The service has self-identified that building team-wide knowledge and understanding about culturally response practices is a priority. This includes improving the extent to which assessment information reflects individual children’s cultures and languages.
There is a suitable framework for undertaking internal evaluation. Recently, this process is beginning to support progress towards the service’s improvement priorities. Governance and teachers are not yet making use of the learning outcomes in Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum, to support improvement across both learning and organisational systems. This means that processes to monitor and evaluate the impact of improvements made on children’s learning are not yet implemented.
The owner implements some useful strategies to support equity of access for children and their families. Systems are in place for sharing of daily operations between the owner and staff. Relational trust supports governance and teachers to provide a positive learning environment for children and their families.
Ngatea Early Learning Centre will include the following actions in its Quality Improvement Planning:
Before the review, the staff and management of Ngatea Early Learning Centre 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.
Patricia Davey
Director of Early Childhood Education (ECE)
18 July 2024
| Early Childhood Service Name | Ngatea Early Learning Centre |
| Profile Number | 46354 |
| Location | Ngatea |
| Service type | Education and care service |
| Number licensed for | 27 children, including up to 5 aged under 2 |
| Percentage of qualified teachers | 50-79% |
| Service roll | 28 |
| Review team on site | May 2024 |
| Date of this report | 18 July 2024 |
| Most recent ERO report(s) | Akanuku | Assurance Review, November 2022; Akanuku | Assurance Review, September 2021 |
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.
Ngātea Early Learning Centre is one of two privately owned services. This is the first ERO review under new ownership. A centre manager and lead kaiako work with a team of teachers. The roll consists of 25% Māori children and a small number of other ethnicities.
The service curriculum is informed by assessment and planning that demonstrate an understanding of children’s learning, their interests, whānau, and contexts. It is consistent with Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum.
Children are provided with a range of experiences and opportunities to enhance and extend their learning and development. Their preferences are respected, and they are involved in decisions about their learning. Children are responded to as confident and competent learners.
Adults providing education and care engage in meaningful, positive interactions to enhance children’s learning and nurture reciprocal relationships. The service curriculum provides a language-rich environment that supports 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
23 November 2022
| Early Childhood Service Name | Ngatea Early Learning Centre |
| Profile Number | 46354 |
| Location | Ngatea |
| Service type | Education and care service |
| Number licensed for | 27 children, including up to 5 aged under 2 |
| Percentage of qualified teachers | 80-99% |
| Service roll | 26 |
| Review team on site | November 2022 |
| Date of this report | 23 November 2022 |
| Most recent ERO report(s) | Akanuku | Assurance Review, September 2021; Education Review, October 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 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 |
At the time of the review, ERO found the service was taking reasonable steps to meet regulatory standards.
Ngatea Early Learning Centre, previously known as Pukeko’s Educare, is a privately owned education and care service. Ownership has changed several times since ERO’s October 2015 report. The centre was relicensed in March 2021 under current owners.
Children are involved in a curriculum that provides a range of experiences to enhance and extend their learning and development. Teachers engage in meaningful, positive interactions to nurture reciprocal relationships with children. The service provides an inclusive curriculum that is responsive to the interests of children. Their preferences are respected, and they are involved in decisions about their learning experiences. Strategies are in place to involve parents and whānau in their children’s learning. An annual plan guides operation and includes a process of self-review that aims to improve the quality of education and care.
Next steps include:
The next ERO review is likely to be an Akarangi | Quality Evaluation.
Shelley Booysen
Acting Director Review and Improvement Services (Central)
Central Region | Te Tai Pūtahi Nui
9 September 2021
| Early Childhood Service Name | Ngatea Early Learning Centre |
| Profile Number | 46354 |
| Location | Ngatea |
| Service type | Education and care service |
| Number licensed for | 27 children, including up to 5 aged under 2. |
| Percentage of qualified teachers | 80-99% |
| Service roll | 30 |
| Ethnic composition | Māori 3, NZ European/Pākehā 24, Other ethnic groups 3. |
| Review team on site | July 2021 |
| Date of this report | 9 September 2021 |
| Most recent ERO report(s) | Education Review, October 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 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: