Education Angels

Education institution number:
47212
Service type:
Homebased Network
Definition:
Not Applicable
Total roll:
24
Address:

11 Buchanan Street, Matamata

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Education Angels

1 ERO’s Judgements

Akarangi | 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 Akarangi Quality 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 Education Angels are as follows:

Outcome Indicators

(What the service knows about outcomes for learners)

Whāngai Establishing

Ngā Akatoro Domains

 

Learning Conditions
Organisational Conditions

Whāngai Establishing

Whāngai Establishing

2 Context of the Service

Education Angels is one of seven home-based education and care networks privately owned by Education Angels In Home Childcare Limited. An operations manager supports eight qualified visiting teachers. A small number of children attending this service are of Māori heritage. A third of educators and children are of diverse cultural heritage. Some progress has been made towards key next steps identified in the previous 2021 ERO report.

3 Summary of findings

Children, including infants and toddlers, learn in a child-led, curriculum aligned with the organisation’s identified learning priorities and Te Whāriki the early childhood curriculum. Visiting teachers and educators prioritise children’s wellbeing and sense of belonging within the curriculum. However, an intentional focus on supporting educators to implement a broader range of curriculum experiences to reflect the breadth of Te Whāriki is required to expand and extend children’s learning opportunities.

Visiting teachers effectively coach and mentor educators to implement a culturally responsive curriculum. Daily contact in the homebased setting enables parents and educators to regularly discuss the child, their aspirations for learning and develop learning focussed relationships.

A new system for assessment planning and evaluation is yet to be fully implemented with all educators. The quality of assessment information is variable. Documentation does not consistently show children’s learning progress over time in relation to the priorities for learning and Te Whāriki learning outcomes. 

The visiting teachers are developing capability for their role through on-going professional development. Continuing to build their and educator confidence and capability to integrate te ao Māori within the curriculum, requires further, focussed attention.

On-going reflection and review results in changes to aspects of the service’s operation. Effective internal evaluation that focusses on outcomes for children is not yet well understood or implemented across the organisation.

Comprehensive policy, practices and procedures guide the operation of the organisation. There are clear expectations of visiting teacher’s roles and responsibilities for coaching and mentoring educators’ practice.  The organisation has several positive initiatives in the early stages of implementation, including strengthened induction and appraisal processes, and visiting teacher reporting to governance.

4 Improvement actions

Education Angels will include the following actions in its Quality Improvement Planning

For leaders and visiting teachers to:

  • continue to develop all educators understanding and use of the learning outcomes in Te Whāriki to better show children’s learning and progress over time in their assessment documentation

  • intentionally focus on supporting educators to enrich the curriculum by expanding and extending children’s learning opportunities to reflect the breadth of Te Whāriki

  • grow their own and educators’ capability to include te ao Māori perspectives and use te reo Māori more frequently within the curriculum and documentation

  • develop their understanding and use of all aspects of an effective internal evaluation process to better know what is working well or not and for whom within the network and across the organisation.

5 Management Assurance on Legal Requirements

Before the review, the staff and management of Education Angels 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:

  • curriculum

  • premises and facilities

  • health and safety practices

  • governance, management and administration.

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:

  • emotional safety (including positive guidance and child protection)

  • physical safety (including supervision; sleep procedures; accidents; medication; hygiene; excursion policies and procedures)

  • suitable staffing (including qualification levels; police vetting; teacher registration; ratios)

  • evacuation procedures and practices for fire and earthquake.

All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements.

Kathy Lye
Director Review and Improvement Services (Acting, Southern)
Southern Region | Te Tai Tini

14 February 2023 

6 About the Early Childhood Service

Early Childhood Service Name

Education Angels

Profile Number

47212

Location

Hamilton

Service type

Home-based service

Number licensed for

40 children, including up to 40 aged under 2

Percentage of qualified teachers

100%

Service roll

18

Review team on site

November 2022

Date of this report

14 February 2023

Most recent ERO report(s)

Akanuku | Assurance Review, October 2021

Education Angels

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.

ERO’s Judgement

Regulatory standards

ERO’s judgement

Curriculum

Meeting

Premises and facilities

Meeting

Health and safety

Not meeting

Governance, management and administration

Meeting

At the time of the review, ERO identified non-compliance with regulatory standards that must be addressed.

Background

Education Angels In Home Childcare Limited is a national provider of home-based education and care. Educator homes in this licence are located in Hamilton and the wider Waikato region. Nannies, au pairs and out-of-school care are also provided. This is the first ERO review of the service.

Summary of Review Findings

Children experience meaningful and positive interactions with educators. A range of resources, experiences and opportunities are offered to enhance children’s learning and development. The curriculum acknowledges and reflects the unique place of Māori as tangata whenua. Children’s right to be confident in their own culture and language is supported.

Educators and visiting teachers are provided with professional learning opportunities and demonstrate an understanding of children’s learning and development.

Systems and procedures are in place to guide health and safety practices. Increased rigour is required to monitor implementation and ensure all aspects of health and safety requirements are being met.

Actions for Compliance

ERO found areas of non-compliance in the service relating to:

  • records of the time each child attending the service sleeps and checks made by adults during that time
  • implementation of the procedure that outlines the service’s response to injury, illness and incident, including the review and implementation of practices as required
  • written supervision plans that are specific to the number, age, abilities and enrolled hours of the children attending.

[Licensing Criteria for Home-based Education and Care Services 2008, HS8, HS24, HS34]

Next ERO Review

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

4 October 2021

Information about the service 

Early Childhood Service Name

Education Angels

Profile Number

47212

Location

Matamata

Service type

Home-based service

Number licensed for

40 children, including up to 40 aged under 2.

Reported ratios of adults to children 

Under 2: 1.2 - Meets regulatory standards

Over 2: 1.4 - Meets regulatory standards

Service roll

24

Ethnic composition

Māori 1, NZ European/Pākehā 10, Somali 4, Latin American 4, Other ethnic groups 5.

Review team on site

July 2021

Date of this report

4 October 2021

Most recent ERO report(s)

First ERO review of the service.

General Information about Assurance Reviews  

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 home-based 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.  

ERO undertakes an Akanuku | Assurance Review process in any service: 

  • having its first ERO review – including if it is part of a governing organisation 
  • previously identified as ‘not well placed’ or ‘requiring further development’ 
  • that has moved from a provisional to a full licence 
  • that have been re-licenced due to a change of ownership 
  • where an Assurance Review process is determined to be appropriate. 

Management Assurance on Legal Requirements 

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 Home Based Education and Care 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: 

  • curriculum 
  • premises and facilities 
  • health and safety practices 
  • governance, management and administration.  

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: 

  • emotional safety (including positive guidance and child protection) 
  • physical safety (including supervision; sleep procedures; accidents; medication; hygiene; excursion policies and procedures) 
  • suitable staffing (including qualification levels; police vetting; teacher certification; ratios) 
  • evacuation procedures and practices for fire and earthquake.  

As part of an Assurance Review ERO also gathers and records evidence through: 

  • discussions with those involved in the service 
  • consideration of relevant documentation, including the implementation of health and safety systems 
  • visits to educator homes, selected by ERO.