17 Pokeno Road, Pokeno
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Pokeno Child Care Centre
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 |
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.
Background
This is the first review for Pokeno Child Care Centre. It is one of two early childhood education and care services owned and operated as a family business. One of the owners is the centre manager. She works closely with the head teacher to support the day-to-day operation of the service.
Summary of Review Findings
The philosophy has been recently reviewed. It expresses the service's beliefs, values and attitudes about the provision of early childhood education. The philosophy, along with the annual and strategic plan, guide the operation of the service.
The service curriculum is planned to provide children with a range of resources, experiences and opportunities to enhance their learning and development in a range of indoor and outdoor settings. Each child has an individual learning plan aligned to their interests and needs. Positive steps are taken to respect and acknowledge the aspirations held by parents and whānau for their children.
Since the onsite visit the service has provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed the following non-compliances:
- heavy furniture that could topple and cause harm has been secured
- safe and hygienic handling practices for the care of animals have been implemented.
Licensing Criteria for Early Childhood Education and Care Services 2008, HS6 and HS16.
Next ERO Review
The next ERO review is likely to be an Akarangi | Quality Evaluation.
Dr Lesley Patterson
Director Review and Improvement Services (Southern)
Southern Region | Te Tai Tini
9 April 2021
Information About the Service
Early Childhood Service Name | Pokeno Child Care Centre |
Profile Number | 47555 |
Location | Pokeno |
Service type |
Education and care service |
Number licensed for |
60 children, including up to 15 aged under two. |
Percentage of qualified teachers |
50-79% |
Service roll |
62 |
Ethnic composition |
Māori 9, NZ European/Pākehā 17, Indian 20, South African 6, African 5, Other ethnicities 5 |
Review team on site |
November 2020 |
Date of this report |
9 April 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 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 centre-based 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 Akanuku | 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 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.
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:
- 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 Akanuku | 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
- observations of the environment/premises, curriculum implementation and teaching practice.