40 Watts Street, Waipawa
View on mapAkarangi | Quality Evaluations evaluate the extent to which early childhood services have 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 and Early Childhood Education (ECE) Improvement Framework (teacher led services) are the basis for making judgements about the quality of the service in achieving equity and excellence for all learners. Evaluations for improvement | Ngā Aronga Whai Hua is integrated across all of the above domains.
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 |
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Curriculum |
Meeting |
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Premises and facilities |
Meeting |
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Health and safety |
Meeting |
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Governance, management and administration |
Meeting |
At the time of the review, ERO found the service was taking reasonable steps to meet regulatory standards.
Opened in 2020, Scallywaggs Kindergarten and Care Waipawa is one of eight services governed and managed by Scallywaggs 2007 LTD. Children play and learn in a mixed-age rural environment. A head kaiako guides the teaching team. Scallywaggs senior leaders provide governance support. Of the children enrolled, half identify as Māori.
Infants, toddlers and older children experience positive, respectful interactions with adults. Regular opportunities are provided for parents to be involved in decision-making concerning their child’s learning.
The service curriculum acknowledges and reflects the unique place of Māori as tangata whenua.
A policy framework and an annual plan guide centre operations. Teacher appraisal and internal evaluation processes are established. The premises and facilities are resourced to provide for the learning and
abilities of the children attending. Health and safety procedures are monitored, and changes made when required.
Next steps include:
continuing to develop the local curriculum to reflect the things that are important to children and their families, kaiako and the wider community.
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
22 December 2022
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Early Childhood Service Name |
Scallywaggs Kindergarten and Care Waipawa |
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Profile Number |
47799 |
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Location |
Waipawa |
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Service type |
Education and care service |
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Number licensed for |
25 children, including up to 10 aged under 2 |
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Percentage of qualified teachers |
80-99% |
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Service roll |
28 |
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Review team on site |
November 2022 |
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Date of this report |
22 December 2022 |
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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.
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.
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 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:
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; safety checking; teacher certification; ratios)
relevant evacuation procedures and practices.
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.