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.
Nestled Early Learning Centre is one of three early childhood education and care services privately owned and is operated by 4Es Consulting Early Childhood Education Support and Mentoring. The purpose-built centre caters for infants, toddlers and young children.
A philosophy guides the service operations. It is underpinned by Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum and some of the RIE and Reggio Emilio approaches. The curriculum is informed by assessment, planning and evaluation that demonstrates an understanding of children’s learning, their interests, whānau and life contexts. The design and layout of the premises includes quiet spaces, areas for physically active play, and space for a range of individual and group learning experiences.
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
8 December 2020
Early Childhood Service Name |
Nestled Early Learning Centre |
Profile Number |
47690 |
Location |
Christchurch |
Service type |
Education and care service |
Number licensed for |
80 children, including up to 20 children aged under 2 |
Percentage of qualified teachers |
80% |
Service roll |
101 |
Gender composition |
Male 41, Female 60 |
Ethnic composition |
Māori 10, NZ European/Pākehā 73, Other ethnicities 18 |
Review team on site |
October 2020 |
Date of this report |
8 December 2020 |
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 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: