117 Seddon Street, Pukekohe West, Auckland
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 |
| 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.
Besthope Early Learning Centre is privately owned, with a philosophy that priorities Christian values. The service opened in 2021. The owner manages a small teaching team and leads the curriculum. A quarter of children are Māori, and a quarter have Pacific heritages in a multicultural roll.
The service’s curriculum respects and supports the right of each child to be confident in their own culture, and encourages children to understand and respect other cultures. Māori are acknowledged as tangata whenua.
Adults providing education and care engage in meaningful, positive interactions to enhance children’s learning and nurture reciprocal relationships. Children are supported to develop social competence.
Assessments demonstrate understanding of children’s learning, interests, whānau and life contexts. Parents are provided with regular opportunities to be involved in decision-making concerning their child’s learning. The philosophy and annual plan guide centre operations.
Next steps include:
Since the onsite visit, the service has provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed the following non-compliance:
The next ERO review is likely to be an Akarangi | Quality Evaluation.
Patricia Davey
Director of Early Childhood Education (ECE)
6 December 2023
| Early Childhood Service Name | Besthope Early Learning Centre |
| Profile Number | 48058 |
| Location | Pukekohe, Auckland |
| Service type | Education and care service |
| Number licensed for | 30 children aged over 2 |
| Percentage of qualified teachers | 80-99% |
| Service roll | 12 |
| Review team on site | November 2023 |
| Date of this report | 6 December 2023 |
| 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 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: