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 |
At the time of the review, ERO found the service was taking reasonable steps to meet regulatory standards.
Heart and Soul Early Learning Centre is set in a rural area, which provides a meaningful context for children’s learning. The roll includes Māori, Pākehā and other ethnic groups that reflect the community. There are three learning spaces for different age groups of children. The service changed ownership in June 2019.
Adults providing education and care engage in positive interactions to foster children’s learning and nurture reciprocal relationships. The service curriculum provides children with a wide range of opportunities to extend their learning both indoors and outdoors, individually and in groups. Children are provided with a range of rich environmental opportunities to enhance their learning. The curriculum supports children’s developing social competence and understanding of appropriate behaviour.
A philosophy statement guides the service’s operation. An ongoing process of self review helps the service maintain and improve the quality of its education and care.
Next steps include:
The next ERO review is likely to be an Akarangi | Quality Evaluation.
Steve Tanner
Director Review and Improvement Services (Northern)
Northern Region | Te Tai Raki
11 February 2021
Early Childhood Service Name |
Heart and Soul Early Learning Centre |
Profile Number |
10139 |
Location |
Kumeu |
Service type |
Education and care service |
Number licensed for |
50 children, including up to 16 aged under 2. |
Percentage of qualified teachers |
80% |
Service roll |
49 |
Ethnic composition |
Māori 8 |
Review team on site |
November 2020 |
Date of this report |
11 February 2021 |
Most recent ERO report(s) |
Previously reviewed as: Building Blocks Childcare & Early Learning Centre Education Review, October 2016 Education Review, June 2013 Education Review, March 2010 |
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: