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Regulatory standards |
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Curriculum |
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 |
Meeting |
At the time of the review, ERO identified non-compliance with regulatory standards that must be addressed.
Scallywaggs Graduation Kindergarten is one of four services under the same ownership and governance. The centre is governed and managed by a general manager and operations manager. The June 2017 ERO report identified that the service required further development. The service has made sufficient progress in responding to these development areas.
A shared philosophy guides the centre’s operation. The curriculum provides children with a range of experiences and opportunities to enhance their learning. Teachers engage in meaningful, positive interactions within a language rich environment.
Parents have regular opportunities to be involved in decision making concerning their child’s learning.
Governance and management systems and processes are implemented. An ongoing process of self-review helps to maintain and improve the service’s operation. A regular cycle of teacher appraisal has been established.
ERO found an area of non-compliance in the service relating to health and safety. To meet regulatory standards the service provider should ensure that:
they take all reasonable steps to promote the good health and safety of children enrolled in the service, including the supervision of children.
[Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008 Regulation 46, 1 (a)
The next ERO review of Scallywaggs Graduation Kindergarten will be in consultation with the Ministry of Education.
Phillip Cowie
Director Review and Improvement Services
Central Region
17 June 2019
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Early Childhood Service Name |
Scallywaggs Graduation Kindergarten |
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Profile Number |
45440 |
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Location |
Waipukurau |
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Service type |
Education and care service |
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Number licensed for |
24 children aged over 2 |
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Percentage of qualified teachers |
80% |
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Reported ratios of staff to children |
Over 2 |
1:10 - Meets regulatory standards |
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Service roll |
23 |
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Gender composition |
Male 17, Female 6 |
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Ethnic composition |
Māori 6 |
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Review team on site |
May 2019 |
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Date of this report |
17 June 2019 |
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Most recent ERO report(s) |
Education Review |
June 2017 |
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Education Review |
February 2013 |
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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 Home-based Education and Care Services 2008
the Licensing Criteria for Hospital-based 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 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 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:
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; police vetting; teacher certification; ratios)
evacuation procedures and practices for fire and earthquake.
As part of an 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.