31 Buller Street, New Plymouth
View on mapAkarangi | 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 are the basis for making judgements about the effectiveness of the service in achieving equity and excellence for all learners. Judgements are made in relation to the Outcomes Indicators, Learning and Organisational Conditions. The Evaluation Judgement Rubric derived from the indicators, is used to inform ERO’s judgements about this service’s performance in promoting equity and excellence.
ERO’s judgements for Kinderen (B) Day Care Centre are as follows:
Outcome Indicators(What the service knows about outcomes for learners) |
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Ngā Akatoro Domains |
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Learning ConditionsOrganisational Conditions |
Whakaū Embedding |
Kinderen B Daycare Centre is one of two Kinderen services. This service caters for young children from two years to school age. A small number of enrolled children are Māori. The organisation prioritises that children will be cared for in warm, loving environments that stimulate good health and learning.
Children’s mana is effectively upheld through responsive, respectful relationships between teachers, parents, whānau and children. Those requiring additional support for their learning benefit from adults working together to implement consistent strategies. Transitions are intentionally planned and responsive to children’s individual needs. Learners’ sense of security and wellbeing is enhanced.
Children hear and see some aspects of Māori and other cultures reflected in the environment. A range of cultural celebrations, greetings, waiata and beginning te reo Māori are incorporated into the play-based curriculum. Teachers and leaders are building their use of te reo Māori. Children experience some aspects of a culturally rich curriculum.
Some information about children’s developing capabilities in relation to the learning outcomes from Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum, is collated through assessment, planning and evaluation. Children’s identities as successful and competent learners is affirmed. Effective planning and evaluation is not yet occurring that:
responds to each child’s culture, language and identity
shows progress over time, in relation to valued learning outcome.
Leaders build a shared understanding of the services’ vision and guide a range of improvement actions to build teacher capabilities. Relational trust enables collaboration that is improvement focused. However, decision making is not clearly informed by what will most positively impact outcomes for children. Evaluation practices across the organisation are not yet identifying the impact of improvements on individuals and groups of children.
Kinderen (B) Day Care Centre will include the following actions in its Quality Improvement Planning:
Prioritise building evaluation capability at all levels of the organisation to better understand what is working well and for which learners.
Increase consideration, teacher response and visibility of each child’s culture, language and identity within curriculum and evaluation practices.
Before the review, the staff and management of Kinderen (B) Day Care Centre completed an ERO 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.
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:
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; safety checking; teacher registration; ratios)
relevant evacuation procedures and practices.
All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements.
Phil Cowie
Director Review and Improvement Services (Central)
Central Region | Te Tai Pūtahi Nui
31 March 2023
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Early Childhood Service Name |
Kinderen (B) Day Care Centre |
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Profile Number |
50503 |
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Location |
New Plymouth |
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Service type |
Education and care service |
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Number licensed for |
28 children |
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Percentage of qualified teachers |
80-99% |
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Service roll |
36 |
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Review team on site |
February 2023 |
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Date of this report |
31 March 2023 |
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Most recent ERO report(s) |
Akanuku | Assurance Review, September 2019; Education Review, June 2016 |
Regulatory standards |
ERO’s judgement |
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Curriculum |
Meeting |
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Premises and facilities |
Meeting |
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Health and safety |
Meeting |
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Governance, management and administration |
Meeting |
At the time of the review, ERO found the service was taking reasonable steps to meet regulatory standards.
Kinderen (B) Daycare Centre is one of two privately owned services operated by the same management. A team leader has responsibility for teaching and learning. The Ministry of Education revoked the service’s Full Licence and placed it on a Provisional Licence in 2018. A Full Licence was reinstated in March 2019.
Children’s holistic development and learning are catered for. Inclusive practices and a culturally responsive curriculum align with Te Whāriki and reflect the service philosophy. Children have easy access to well-resourced physical learning spaces. The teaching team facilitate individual and group learning experiences.
The service is effectively operated. Leaders and teachers collaborate for the day-to-day operation of the service. Systems promote good health and safety of children.
Strategies used involve parents and whānau in decision-making about the service and their child’s learning. Practices for building leaders’ and teachers’ capability are in place to contribute to improved curriculum provision.
The next ERO review is likely to be an Education Review.
Phil Cowie
Director Review and Improvement Services (Central)
Central Region | Te Tai Pūtahi Nui
20 September 2019
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Early Childhood Service Name |
Kinderen (B) Daycare Centre |
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Profile Number |
50503 |
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Location |
New Plymouth |
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Service type |
Education and care service |
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Number licensed for |
28 children aged over 2 |
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Percentage of qualified teachers |
80%+ |
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Reported ratio of staff to children under 2 |
N/A |
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Reported ratio of staff |
1:7 - Better than regulatory standards |
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Service roll |
36 |
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Gender composition |
Male 21, Female 15 |
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Ethnic composition |
Māori 7 |
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Review team on site |
July 2019 |
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Date of this report |
20 September 2019 |
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Most recent ERO report(s) |
Education Review June 2016 |
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 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 Assurance Review ERO also gathers and records evidence through: