58 Bay Road, Kilbirnie, Wellington
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Regulatory standards |
ERO’s judgement |
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Curriculum |
Not meeting |
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Premises and facilities |
Meeting |
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Health and safety |
Not meeting |
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Governance, management, and administration |
Not meeting |
At the time of the review, ERO identified areas of non-compliance with regulatory standards that are an unacceptable risk to children.
Kilbirnie Early Learners is a community-based service governed by a parent committee. A manager supports the committee and staff. Currently there is not a full permanent teaching team, and a senior teacher is yet to be appointed. The service roll is diverse and includes a small number of children of Pacific heritages. Around a quarter of the children attending are Māori.
Children experience a curriculum that provides them with a range of experiences both indoors and outdoors, individually and in groups. Adults providing education and care engage in positive interactions to enhance children’s learning and nurture reciprocal relationships. They are responsive to children as confident and competent learners and respect their preferences. A sufficient quantity and variety of (indoor and outdoor) furniture, equipment, and materials are provided that are appropriate for the learning and abilities of the children attending.
The service curriculum is not consistently informed by assessment, planning, and evaluation and there is no current policy in place to guide practice. Better monitoring and implementation of health and safety systems, policies, processes, and practices are required by governance and management to meet regulatory requirements, and support best practice.
ERO found areas of non-compliance in the service relating to:
implementing a service curriculum that is informed by assessment, planning, and evaluation
ensuring heavy furniture that could fall or topple and cause serious injury or damage is secured
ensuring the written emergency plan includes a communication plan for families and support services
ensuring adults providing education and care carry out each type of emergency drill with the children (as appropriate) on at least a three-monthly basis
consistently recording the time each child attending the service sleeps, and checks made by adults during that time
checking the equipment, premises and facilities every day of operation for hazards to the children, and ensuring hazards to the safety of children are eliminated, isolated, or minimised
reviewing the procedure outlining the service’s response to injury, illness, and incident, and implementing practices as required
consistently maintaining attendance records that show the times and dates of every child’s attendance at the service.
[Licensing Criteria for Early Childhood Education and Care Services, 2008, C2, HS6, HS7, HS8, HS9, HS12, HS27, GMA11].
Qualification requirements are consistently met in accordance with the service’s licence.
[Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008, regulation 44 – Schedule 2, 1&2].
During the review, the service provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed the following non-compliance:
Maintaining complete records of the safety checks carried out every 3 years for all existing children's workers (GMA7a).
Since the onsite visit, the service has provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed the following non-compliances:
Ensuring an adult is present at all times for every 25 children attending (or part thereof) who holds a current first aid qualification gained from a New Zealand Qualifications Authority accredited first aid training provider (HS25).
Recording outcomes from self-review and internal evaluation processes (GMA6).
ERO recommends that the Ministry reassess the licence issued to this service provider. ERO will not undertake a further review of this service until the Ministry of Education is satisfied that the service meets regulatory standards.
The next ERO review will be in consultation with the Ministry of Education.
Patricia Davey
Director of Early Childhood Education (ECE)
28 June 2023
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Early Childhood Service Name |
Kilbirnie Early Learners |
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Profile Number |
60328 |
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Location |
Wellington |
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Service type |
Education and care service |
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Number licensed for |
20 children, including up to 7 aged under 2 |
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Percentage of qualified teachers |
50-79% |
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Service roll |
22 |
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Review team on site |
May 2023 |
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Date of this report |
28 June 2023 |
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Most recent ERO report(s) |
Akanuku | Assurance Review, November 2020. Education Review, March 2019 |
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.
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.
Kilbirnie Early Learners is a community-based service governed by a parent committee. Responsibility for day-to day operation, is undertaken by a senior teacher. A manager supports the committee and staff. Families represent a diverse range of ethnic groups. The March 2017 ERO review found that the service required further development to promote positive outcomes for children.
The learning programme is child centred and linked to the principles of Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum. Teachers engage with children, using a range of strategies to promote their participation and learning. They respond to parents’ ideas and needs. The curriculum supports children to know about their own and other cultures.
Premises and facilities are suitably resourced, presented and maintained. Appropriate attention is paid to meeting health and safety requirements. A policy framework and annual planning guide service operation. There are processes in place for reviewing teaching, learning and the delivery of the curriculum.
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
5 November 2020
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Early Childhood Service Name |
Kilbirnie Early Learners |
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Profile Number |
60328 |
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Location |
Wellington |
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Service type |
Education and care service |
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Number licensed for |
20 children, including up to 7 aged under 2 |
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Percentage of qualified teachers |
80%+ |
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Service roll |
28 |
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Gender composition |
Male 16, Female 12 |
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Ethnic composition |
Māori 9, NZ European/Pākehā 9, Pacific 4, Other ethnic groups 6 |
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Review team on site |
September 2020 |
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Date of this report |
5 November 2020 |
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Most recent ERO report(s)
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Education Review, March 2019; Education Review December 2014 |
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: