79 Pilkington Road, Panmure, Auckland
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 Cozy Corner Educare 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 |
Cozy Corner Educare is privately operated. A qualified owner oversees the daily operations and curriculum, with the support from an assistant manager and two room leaders. They lead a team of five qualified teachers and ten unqualified staff including a cook. Many of the children attending are Māori or from Pacific heritages.
Children benefit from an environment which encourages them to take responsibility for its care. Teachers intentionally include children in the daily curriculum, providing support where needed for children with additional learning needs. Teaching practice promotes children’s developing oral language skills.
Cultural celebrations are embraced by the teachers, children, and their families. These provide children with opportunities to hear stories and learn about symbols from their own and other cultures. Teachers include some basic te reo Māori, waiata and kaupapa Māori within the learning environment and children’s assessment records. As a result, children are well supported to develop their sense of belonging.
The service has systems and processes in place for knowing about and reporting on children’s learning in relation to the learning outcomes in Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum. Teachers do not yet have a shared understanding of how to evaluate the effectiveness of the curriculum, or their teaching practice, in relation to these learning outcomes.
Teachers provide parents with regular opportunities to share the aspirations they have for their children. Further integration of parent aspirations within the assessment and planning process is needed for them to be used to inform the curriculum.
The leaders actively access professional learning for the teaching team. They provide opportunities for coaching and mentoring to develop teacher’s capabilities. A collaborative process of internal evaluation has been developed which aligns to the service’s strategic direction. Leaders now need to develop the collective capability within the team to undertake internal evaluation and use it to monitor the effectiveness of changes made.
Cozy Corner Educare will include the following actions in its Quality Improvement Planning:
Before the review, the staff and management of Cozy Corner Educare 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)
17 July 2024
| Early Childhood Service Name | Cozy Corner Educare |
| Profile Number | 47783 |
| Location | Panmure, Auckland |
| Service type | Education and care service |
| Number licensed for | 55 children, including up to 10 aged under 2 |
| Percentage of qualified teachers | 80-99% |
| Service roll | 54 |
| Review team on site | May 2024 |
| Date of this report | 17 July 2024 |
| Most recent ERO report(s) | 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 |
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.
Cozy Corner Educare opened in 2020. It is a privately owned and operated education and care service. The centre manager supports staff to provide education and care for children from birth up to six years of age. The multicultural teaching team reflects the cultural diversity of the children attending.
Teachers engage in meaningful and positive interactions that enhance children’s learning and nurture reciprocal relationships. They respect and acknowledge the aspirations parents and whānau have for their children.
The curriculum is informed by assessment, planning and evaluation that demonstrates an understanding of children’s learning, their interests, whānau, and life contexts. The service’s curriculum provides a language-rich environment that supports children’s learning.
Centre leaders should continue to monitor and review all policies and procedures to ensure that the requirements of the licensing criteria are implemented.
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.
Phil Cowie
Director Review and Improvement Services (Northern)
Northern Region | Te Tai Raki
23 September 2021
| Early Childhood Service Name | Cozy Corner Educare |
| Profile Number | 47783 |
| Location | Panmure, Auckland |
| Service type | Education and care service |
| Number licensed for | 55 children, including up to 10 aged under 2 |
| Percentage of qualified teachers | 80-99% |
| Service roll | 55 |
| Ethnic composition | Māori 10, NZ European/Pākehā 5, Chinese 14, Samoan 6, Tongan 5, Filipino 5, other Pacific 5, other ethnic groups 5 |
| Review team on site | July 2021 |
| Date of this report | 23 September 2021 |
| 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: