16 Karepiro Drive, Stanmore Bay
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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.
Coast Kids on Karepiro opened in 2019, and is privately owned. It operates from a modified facility catering for children from infants to school age. The owner oversees administration and operations. A newly appointed, qualified centre manager supports a team of nine staff that includes five registered teachers. A small number of children attending the service are of Māori or Pacific heritages.
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.
Children’s preferences are respected, and they are involved in decisions about their learning experiences. Information and guidance are sought, when necessary, from agencies/services to enable adults providing education and care to work effectively with children and their parents. The service’s premises and facilities are resourced to provide for the learning and abilities of the children attending.
Service leaders must ensure regulatory standards are consistently implemented, monitored, and maintained.
Key next steps include:
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.
Patricia Davey
Director of Early Childhood Education (ECE)
22 November 2023
| Early Childhood Service Name | Coast Kids on Karepiro |
| Profile Number | 46581 |
| Location | Stanmore Bay, Whangaparaoa |
| Service type | Education and care service |
| Number licensed for | 37 children, including up to 12 aged under 2 |
| Percentage of qualified teachers | 80-99% |
| Service roll | 39 |
| Review team on site | October 2023 |
| Date of this report | 22 November 2023 |
| Most recent ERO report(s) | Akanuku | Assurance Review, March 2022 |
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.
This is the first ERO review of Coast Kids on Karepiro. Previously known as Bubba Bears, the service has been relicensed and under new ownership since 2019. Governance is provided by the owner, who works alongside teachers to support centre operations. Two age-based areas cater for children from infants to school age.
Teachers providing education and care engage in meaningful, positive interactions to enhance children’s learning and nurture reciprocal relationships. 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. The language-rich environment supports children’s learning. There is a range of experiences and opportunities to enhance and extend their learning and development, individually and in groups.
The design and layout of the premises supports the provision of different types of indoor and outdoor learning experiences. A philosophy statement and annual plan guide centre operations.
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
17 March 2022
| Early Childhood Service Name | Coast Kids on Karepiro |
| Profile Number | 46581 |
| Location | Stanmore Bay, Auckland |
| Service type | Education and care service |
| Number licensed for | 37 children, including up to 12 aged under 2 |
| Percentage of qualified teachers | 50-79% |
| Service roll | 25 |
| Ethnic composition | Māori 4, NZ European/Pākehā 9, Indian 4, other ethnic groups 8 |
| Review team on site | February 2022 |
| Date of this report | 17 March 2022 |
Most recent ERO report(s)
| First ERO review of the service |
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:
Not well placed | Requires further development | Well placed | Very well placed |
ERO's findings that support this overall judgement are summarised below.
Bubba Bears Childcare Ltd is licensed to provide all day education and care for 30 children including up to ten aged under two years. There is a separate room for infants and toddlers. Children attending come from a wide range of cultural backgrounds.
The owner/manager and team leader provide leadership for the teaching team, which consists of four qualified teachers, and one teacher in training. The service's purpose is to enhance the development of children.
This is the service's first ERO review after having opened in 2015.
Children freely explore the environment and engage in play with the resources available to them. They are confident and relaxed in their environment and enjoy caring relationships with each other and their teachers. Teachers provide good quality care for children.
Infants and toddlers benefit from sensitive, responsive caregiving. Teachers encourage infants' independence and support them to make choices. They recognise the communication styles of individual children and respond appropriately to their needs. Teachers provide a nurturing individualised programme in an attractive room, designed specifically for these younger children.
The programme offers good opportunities for learning and exploration through play. Mat-time routines give children opportunities for movement and song, and to speak to the group.
Teachers value and support the home languages of children who are learning English as an additional language. Teachers have a good level of commitment to developing their bicultural practices. Centre leaders want to develop a deeper level of understanding about te ao Māori.
The outdoor environment has suitable shade cover and the large sandpit is well resourced. There is provision for infants to enjoy the outdoors alongside older children. Teachers should now review the layout and resourcing of the centre to support the development of children's complex play and learning.
Programme planning is linked to Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum. Children's portfolios contain a mix of individual and group learning stories. Parents' aspirations for their children's learning are included in these portfolios. Teachers are beginning to set learning objectives for children, based on their observations. Centre leaders agree that closer observation and recording of children's developing interests will provide good information for planning and assessment.
Centre leaders recognise that further development is needed to ensure that the teacher appraisal system meets Education Council requirements. Using an external appraiser for the manager would provide good individual professional development and support centre developments.
Centre leaders are establishing a culture of quality practices in the centre as the teaching team consolidates. They should now strengthen internal evaluation to provide teachers with deeper insights about the effectiveness of their practice and to contribute to positive outcomes for children's learning.
Next steps for centre development include:
Before the review, the staff and management of Bubba Bears Childcare Ltd 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:
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.
The next ERO review of Bubba Bears Childcare Ltd will be in three years.
Graham Randell
Deputy Chief Review Officer Northern
3 November 2017
The Education Review Office (ERO) is the government department that, as part of its work, reviews early childhood services throughout Aotearoa New Zealand. ERO’s reports provide information for parents and communities about each service’s strengths and next steps for development. ERO’s bicultural evaluation framework Ngā Pou Here is described in SECTION 3 of this report. Early childhood services are partners in the review process and are expected to make use of the review findings to enhance children's wellbeing and learning.
| Location | Whangaparaoa, Auckland | ||
| Ministry of Education profile number | 46581 | ||
| Licence type | Education & Care Service | ||
| Licensed under | Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008 | ||
| Number licensed for | 30 children, including up to 10 aged under 2 | ||
| Service roll | 30 | ||
| Gender composition | Boys 21 Girls 9 | ||
| Ethnic composition | Māori Pākehā Cook Islands Māori Asian other | 2 21 2 4 1 | |
| Percentage of qualified teachers | 80% + | ||
| Reported ratios of staff to children | Under 2 | 1:4 | Better than minimum requirements |
| Over 2 | 1:6 | Better than minimum requirements | |
| Review team on site | August 2017 | ||
| Date of this report | 3 November 2017 | ||
| Most recent ERO report(s) | No previous ERO reports | ||
ERO’s overarching question for an early childhood education review is ‘How well placed is this service to promote positive learning outcomes for children?’ ERO focuses on the following factors as described in the bicultural framework Ngā Pou Here:
Within these areas ERO considers the effectiveness of arotake – self review and of whanaungatanga – partnerships with parents and whānau.
ERO evaluates how well placed a service is to sustain good practice and make ongoing improvements for the benefit of all children at the service.
A focus for the government is that all children, especially priority learners, have an opportunity to benefit from quality early childhood education. ERO will report on how well each service promotes positive outcomes for all children, with a focus on children who are Māori, Pacific, have diverse needs, and are up to the age of two.
For more information about the framework and Ngā Pou Here refer to ERO’s Approach to Review in Early Childhood Services.
The overall judgement that ERO makes and the timing of the next review will depend on how well placed a service is to promote positive learning outcomes for children. The categories are:
ERO has developed criteria for each category. These are available on ERO’s website.
ERO reviews are tailored to each service’s context and performance, within the overarching review framework. The aim is to provide information on aspects that are central to positive outcomes for children and useful to the service.