105 Tait Drive, Greenmeadows, Napier
View on mapERO’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 | Not meeting |
| Governance, management and administration | Not meeting |
At the time of the review, ERO identified non-compliance with regulatory standards that must be addressed.
Footsteps Adventist Preschool is a Christian-based service governed by a trust board. Two age-based play areas are managed by the new centre supervisor. Under a third of children attending are Māori with a small number of Pacific heritages. The centre has made limited progress against improvement areas identified in previous ERO reports.
Teachers engage in meaningful, positive interactions to enhance children’s learning and nurture reciprocal relationships. Children’s preferences are respected, and they are involved in decisions about their learning experiences. The design and layout of the premises support the provision of different types of indoor and outdoor experiences appropriate to the ages and abilities of the children attending.
Processes for self-review of the service’s operation should be strengthened to ensure fit-for-purpose, current policies and procedures are in place. Consistent implementation and monitoring of health and safety, as well as governance and management systems are required to ensure the regulatory standards are maintained.
ERO found areas of non-compliance in the service relating to:
[Licensing Criteria for Early Childhood Education and Care Centres 2008, HS8, GMA6]
Since the onsite visit the service has provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed the following non-compliances:
ERO recommends the Ministry follows up with the service provider to ensure that non-compliances identified in this report are addressed promptly.
The next ERO review is likely to be an Akarangi | Quality Evaluation.
Patricia Davey
Director of Early Childhood Education (ECE)
3 July 2024
| Early Childhood Service Name | Footsteps Adventist Preschool |
| Profile Number | 55077 |
| Location | Greenmeadows, Napier |
| Service type | Education and care service |
| Number licensed for | 50 children, including up to 6 aged under 2 |
| Percentage of qualified teachers | 80-99% |
| Service roll | 47 |
| Review team on site | May 2024 |
| Date of this report | 3 July 2024 |
| Most recent ERO report(s) | Akarangi | Quality Evaluation, June 2021; Education Review, December 2017 |
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:
Akarangi | 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 (PDF 3.01MB) are the basis for making judgements about the effectiveness of the service in achieving equity and excellence for all learners. The Akarangi Quality Evaluation Judgement Rubric (PDF 91.30KB) derived from the indicators, is used to inform the ERO’s judgements about this service’s performance in promoting equity and excellence.
ERO’s judgements for Footsteps Adventist Preschool are as follows:
Outcome Indicators | ERO’s judgement |
| What the service knows about outcomes for learners | Whāngai Establishing |
Ngā Akatoro Domains | ERO’s judgement |
He Whāriki Motuhake The learner and their learning | Whāngai Establishing |
Whakangungu Ngaio Collaborative professional learning builds knowledge and capability | Whakatō Emerging |
Ngā Aronga Whai Hua Evaluation for improvement | Whakatō Emerging |
Kaihautū Leaders foster collaboration and improvement | Whāngai Establishing |
Te Whakaruruhau Stewardship through effective governance and management | Whāngai Establishing |
Footsteps Adventist Preschool is adjacent to Parkside Christian Seventh Day Adventist School in Napier. A board of trustees is responsible for the governance of the centre. A centre director is responsible for daily operation. Areas for improvement from previous ERO reports remain.
Children have opportunities to lead their own learning within a calm, welcoming environment. Strong relationships between kaiako, parents and children are well established. The philosophy and Christian values are meaningfully integrated throughout the curriculum and guide group learning experiences. Attentive caregiving nurtures younger learners’ sense of security within a mixed-age group setting. Children’s sense of belonging is fostered.
A wide range of open-ended experiences successfully engage children in a variety of learning opportunities. Resources and activities depict children’s cultures and provide opportunities to explore aspects of te ao Māori. Kaiako use a range of appropriate strategies to foster children’s working theories, problem-solving and independence. Individual children’s interests and needs are collaboratively responded to.
Few opportunities are provided for kaiako to build professional knowledge to implement a rich and responsive curriculum. Leaders have identified that strengthening of kaiako knowledge and cultural competence is required to better support Māori and Pacific children’s success. Kaiako regularly engage in discussions of children’s learning and development; however assessment practices are yet to reflect each child’s cultural identity and progress of learning over time.
Developing capabilities and collective capacity to do and use evaluation for improvement continues to be a priority at all levels of operation. Kaiako are at the early stages of inquiring into the effectiveness of their practice in progressing the intended learning outcomes for children. An ongoing process of review and evaluation is not yet established to inform strategic decision making.
Footsteps Adventist Preschool will include the following actions in its Quality Improvement Planning:
Before the review, the staff and management of Footsteps Adventist Preschool 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:
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.
ERO found areas of non-compliance in the service relating to:
[Licensing Criteria for Early Childhood Education and Care Centres 2008, HS31, HS17, HS12, GMA6, GMA8]
Since the onsite visit the service has provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed the following non-compliances:
Phil Cowie
Director Review and Improvement Services (Central)
Central Region | Te Tai Pūtahi Nui
15 June 2021
| Early Childhood Service Name | Footsteps Adventist Preschool |
| Profile Number | 55077 |
| Location | Greenmeadows, Napier |
| Service type | Education and care service |
| Number licensed for | 50 children, including up to 6 aged under 2. |
| Percentage of qualified teachers | 80%+ |
| Service roll | 37 |
| Ethnic composition | Māori 5, NZ European/Pākehā 25, Samoan 4, Other ethnic groups 3. |
| Review team on site | February 2021 |
| Date of this report | 15 June 2021 |
| Most recent ERO report(s) | Education Review, December 2018; Education Review, August 2013. |