EDUCATION REVIEW OFFICE


Implementing Self Review in Early Childhood Services (January 2009) 01/01/2009

Appendix 2: Sample of services

ERO evaluated progress in self review in all services that had a regularly scheduled education review in Terms 1, 2 and 3, 2008. The types of services and the locality are shown in Tables 1 and 2 below.

Table 1: Service Types

Service type

Number

Percentage of sample

National percentage 9

Casual Education and Care Services

3

1

1

Kindergartens

116

29

18

Playcentres

37

9

14

Education and Care Services

205

52

60

Home-based Networks

36

9

7

Total

397

100

100

Table 1 shows that kindergartens and education and care services were over-represented in the sample.

Table 2: Locality of services

Locality

Number

Percentage of sample

National percentage

Urban

368

93

91

Rural

29

7

9

Total

397

100

100

Table 2 shows that the numbers of urban and rural services in the sample were representative of national figures.

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The national percentage of each service type is based on the total population of early childhood services as at 1 July 2008. For this study it excludes The Correspondence School and Kōhanga Reo.

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