66-68 Lincoln Road, Henderson, Auckland
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Lincoln Road Childcare & Kindergarten
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.
ERO’s Judgement
Regulatory standards |
ERO’s judgement |
Curriculum |
Meeting |
Premises and facilities |
Meeting |
Health and safety |
Meeting |
Governance, management and administration |
Meeting |
Since the onsite visit, the service has provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed non-compliances and is now taking reasonable steps to meet regulatory standards.
Background
Lincoln Road Childcare and Kindergarten is located within the Lincoln Road Bible Chapel. Governance is provided by a board of trustees. The head teacher leads a team of seven staff, including two qualified teachers and an administrator. Approximately a fifth of children enrolled are Māori or have Pacific heritages.
Summary of Review Findings
The service’s curriculum is consistent with Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum. A philosophy statement, based on Christian values and beliefs, guides the service’s operation. Adults providing education and care engage in meaningful, positive interactions to enhance children’s learning and nurture reciprocal relationships.
Children are given opportunities to develop an understanding of the dual cultural heritage of Aotearoa New Zealand. The curriculum respects and supports the right of each child to be confident in their own culture and encourages children to understand and respect other cultures.
Consistent implementation of licensing requirements is needed to maintain regulatory standards.
Compliance
Since the onsite visit, the service has provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed the following non-compliances:
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Having a first aid kit that complies with the requirements of Appendix 1(PF28).
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Having a list of safety and emergency supplies, and resources sufficient for the age and number of children and adults at the service and details of how these will be maintained (HS7).
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Implementing a procedure for monitoring children’s sleep that ensures children do not have access to food or liquids while in bed and are checked for warmth, breathing and general wellbeing at least every 5 to 10 minutes, or more frequently according to individual needs. This includes maintaining a record of the time each child attending the service sleeps, and checks made by adults during that time (HS9).
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Ensuring furniture or items intended for children to sleep on and bedding are hygienically stored when not in use (HS11).
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Ensuring when children leave the premises on an excursion, parents/caregivers have given prior written approval for their child to participate in regular excursions at the time of enrolment (HS17).
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Maintaining a record of all injuries, illnesses and incidents that occur at the service that include evidence that parents have been informed (HS27).
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Maintaining a record of the written authority from parents for the administration of medicine in accordance with the requirement for the category of medicine outlined in Appendix 3. This includes having evidence of parental acknowledgement they have been advised that medication has been given to their child (HS28).
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Ensuring all children’s workers who have access to children are safety checked in accordance with the Children’s Act 2014. Safety checks must be undertaken, and the results obtained before the worker has access to children (GMA7A).
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Maintaining an attendance record that meets the requirements outlined in the Early Childhood Education Funding Handbook (GMA11).
Next ERO Review
The next ERO review is likely to be an Akarangi | Quality Evaluation.
Patricia Davey
Director of Early Childhood Education (ECE)
24 July 2023
Information About the Service
Early Childhood Service Name |
Lincoln Road Childcare and Kindergarten |
Profile Number |
20100 |
Location |
Henderson, Auckland |
Service type |
Education and care service |
Number licensed for |
32 children over 2 years of age |
Percentage of qualified teachers |
80-99% |
Service roll |
26 |
Review team on site |
May 2023 |
Date of this report |
24 July 2023 |
Most recent ERO report(s) |
Akanuku | Assurance Review, July 2021 |
General Information about Assurance Reviews
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.
ERO undertakes an Akanuku | Assurance Review process in any centre-based service:
- 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 Akanuku | Assurance Review process is determined to be appropriate.
Management Assurance on Legal Requirements
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:
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curriculum
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premises and facilities
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health and safety practices
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governance, management and administration.
As part of an Akanuku | Assurance Review ERO assesses whether the regulatory 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:
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emotional safety (including positive guidance and child protection)
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physical safety (including supervision; sleep procedures; accidents; medication; hygiene; excursion policies and procedures)
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suitable staffing (including qualification levels; safety checking; teacher certification; ratios)
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relevant evacuation procedures and practices.
As part of an Akanuku | Assurance Review ERO also gathers and records evidence through:
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discussions with those involved in the service
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consideration of relevant documentation, including the implementation of health and safety systems
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observations of the environment/premises, curriculum implementation and teaching practice.
Lincoln Road Childcare & Kindergarten July 2021
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.
ERO’s Judgement
Regulatory standards |
ERO’s judgement |
Curriculum |
Meeting |
Premises and facilities |
Meeting |
Health and safety |
Meeting |
Governance, management and administration |
Meeting |
Since the onsite visit the service has provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed non-compliances and is now taking reasonable steps to meet regulatory standards.
Background
Lincoln Road Childcare and Kindergarten operates in the premises of the Lincoln Road Bible Chapel in Henderson. The centre philosophy is founded on a Christian curriculum underpinned by Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum. A board of trustees oversees the service’s governance, management, and administration.
Summary of Review Findings
The service curriculum is inclusive, and responsive to children as confident and competent learners. Adults providing education and care engage in meaningful, positive interactions to enhance children’s learning and nurture reciprocal relationships.
The service curriculum respects and supports the right of each child to be confident in their own culture and encourages children to understand and respect other cultures.
Compliance
Since the onsite visit the service has provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed the following non-compliances:
- ensuring a safe and effective means of maintaining a room temperature of no lower than 16°C (PF12)
- ensuring that outdoor activity spaces are well drained, with no bodies of water in the outside environment (PF13)
- securing heavy furniture, fixtures, and equipment that could fall or topple and cause serious injury or damage (HS6)
- daily checking equipment, premises and facilities for hazards to children (HS12)
- completing documentation required for excursions, including the signature of the person responsible giving approval and the names of children and adults involved (HS17)
- ensuring parts of the building used by children have an effective means of maintaining a room temperature of no lower than 16°C (HS24)
- ensuring that there is an adult present at all times for every 25 children attending that holds a current first aid qualification (HS25)
- having a procedure outlining the service's response to injury, illness and incidents that includes notification to other agencies and to the Ministry of Education (HS27)
- maintaining a record of parental acknowledgement that approved medication has been administered to children (HS28)
- documenting a record of training and/or information provided to adults who administer medicine to children while at the service (HS29)
- having a policy or procedure relating to no person on the premises uses, or is under the influence of, alcohol or any other substance that has a detrimental effect on their functioning or behaviour during the service's hours of operation (HS33)
- suitable human resource management practices are implemented (GMA7)
- ensuring all children’s workers who have access to children are safety checked in accordance with the Children’s Act 2014 (GMA7A).
Next ERO Review
The next ERO review is likely to be an Akarangi | Quality Evaluation.
Phil Cowie
Director Review and Improvement Services (Northern)
Northern Region | Te Tai Raki
27 July 2021
Information About the Service
Early Childhood Service Name | Lincoln Road Childcare & Kindergarten |
Profile Number | 20100 |
Location | Henderson, Auckland |
Service type |
Education and care service |
Number licensed for |
32 children, over 2 years of age |
Percentage of qualified teachers |
80-99% |
Service roll |
31 |
Ethnic composition |
Māori 4, NZ European/Pākehā 2, Korean 12, Samoan 4, |
Review team on site |
June 2021 |
Date of this report |
27 July 2021 |
Most recent ERO report(s) |
Education Review, March 2018 |
General Information about Assurance Reviews
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.
ERO undertakes an Akanuku | Assurance Review process in any centre-based service:
- 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 Akanuku | Assurance Review process is determined to be appropriate.
Management Assurance on Legal Requirements
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 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:
- 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 Akanuku | 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.
Lincoln Road Childcare & Kindergarten - 13/03/2018
1 Evaluation of Lincoln Road Childcare & Kindergarten
How well placed is Lincoln Road Childcare & Kindergarten to promote positive learning outcomes for children?
Not well placed |
Requires further development |
Well placed |
Very well placed |
ERO's findings that support this overall judgement are summarised below.
Background
Lincoln Road Childcare & Kindergarten provides all-day education and care for up to 32 children over two years of age. The centre operates in the premises of Lincoln Road Bible Chapel in Henderson. The largest group of children are Korean. Small numbers of Māori and Pacific children attend.
The centre philosophy is founded on a Christian curriculum and is underpinned by Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum. The philosophy is very well enacted.
The centre is led by an experienced, qualified early childhood teacher who is new to the role of head teacher. She ably leads the day to day programme and has leadership of curriculum, operations and management. Four Bible Chapel members support and oversee the management and governance of the centre.
Three registered teachers, an unqualified teacher and a cook make up the staff. They focus on building close and reciprocal partnerships with the culturally diverse families that attend the centre.
The 2014 ERO report noted areas for improvement which included developing teachers' understanding of the curriculum, and supporting children to become capable and confident leaders of their learning. Good progress has been made in these areas.
The Review Findings
Children are settled, and enjoy a calm environment with an unhurried atmosphere. They are familiar with the centre's routines and its inclusive practices. Children have trusting and respectful relationships with teachers. Their independence is fostered. Children are confident explorers and direct their own play. They are supported to communicate and develop oral skills. Literacy and life skills are promoted.
Children engage readily in play. They have easy access to a wide variety of equipment, and make good use of the indoor and outdoor environment. Teachers invite and engage children in play and skill building. They are responsive to children's emerging interests. Teachers could review planning practices to focus on ways children's learning can be extended and challenged.
Teachers believe in children as capable and confident learners. They work in partnership with parents and children to set goals related to their next phase of development. Together they form possible strategies to achieve these goals. Teachers record children's progress and participation in individual assessment portfolios.
Teachers are committed to promoting bicultural practices. They integrate these well as part of the daily programme. Teachers support each other to speak te reo and incorporate tikanga Māori into the programme.
Children's cultural identities are accepted and celebrated in all aspects of the programme. Teachers strategically learn and use families' home languages to involve children fully in the centre. Teachers see themselves as interested and passionate learners, and build caring reciprocal relationships with children and parents.
The transition to school programme is well established. Teachers support children to develop their literacy and numeracy skills, and to increase their self-management and self-help skills. Teachers provide opportunities for children to connect with a local school.
The board of governors is effective in managing the centre. Governors liaise well with the head teacher. They support the centre's strategic direction and well aligned processes. Effective internal evaluation focused on continual improvement is developing. The board supports the head teacher very well with opportunities for relevant mentoring and external professional guidance.
The head teacher leads the centre with commitment and has high expectations of her staff. She recognises the capabilities of teachers. A new team is being built with a shared leadership model. Teachers are being empowered to share their individual strengths, and to build the professional capacity of the centre.
Key Next Steps
The next steps are for teachers and leaders to:
- further develop learning partnership with parents by making more visible the planning process as a framework for children's goals
- continue to improve and embed ongoing internal evaluation
- review the complexity of play opportunities to extend and challenge older children's thinking
- continue to develop and document an appraisal system that improves leadership capacity and teaching practice.
Management Assurance on Legal Requirements
Before the review, the staff and management of Lincoln Road Childcare & Kindergarten 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.
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; police vetting; teacher registration; ratios)
-
evacuation procedures and practices for fire and earthquake.
All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements.
Next ERO Review
When is ERO likely to review the service again?
The next ERO review of Lincoln Road Childcare & Kindergarten will be in three years.
Julie Foley
Deputy Chief Review Officer Northern (Acting)
Te Tai Raki - Northern Region
13 March 2018
The Purpose of ERO Reports
The Education Review Office (ERO) is the government department that, as part of its work, reviews early childhood services throughout Aotearoa New Zealand. ERO’s reports provide information for parents and communities about each service’s strengths and next steps for development. ERO’s bicultural evaluation framework Ngā Pou Here is described in SECTION 3 of this report. Early childhood services are partners in the review process and are expected to make use of the review findings to enhance children's wellbeing and learning.
2 Information about the Early Childhood Service
Location |
Henderson, Auckland |
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Ministry of Education profile number |
20100 |
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Licence type |
Education & Care Service |
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Licensed under |
Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008 |
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Number licensed for |
32 children, over 2 years of age |
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Service roll |
34 |
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Gender composition |
Girls 20 Boys 14 |
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Ethnic composition |
Māori |
3 |
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Percentage of qualified teachers 0-49% 50-79% 80%+ Based on funding rates |
80% + |
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Reported ratios of staff to children |
Over 2 |
1:6 |
Better than minimum requirements |
Review team on site |
January 2018 |
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Date of this report |
13 March 2018 |
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Most recent ERO report(s) |
Education Review |
June 2014 |
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Education Review |
April 2011 |
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Education Review |
April 2008 |
3 General Information about Early Childhood Reviews
ERO’s Evaluation Framework
ERO’s overarching question for an early childhood education review is ‘How well placed is this service to promote positive learning outcomes for children?’ ERO focuses on the following factors as described in the bicultural framework Ngā Pou Here:
- Pou Whakahaere – how the service determines its vision, philosophy and direction to ensure positive outcomes for children
- Pou Ārahi – how leadership is enacted to enhance positive outcomes for children
- Mātauranga – whose knowledge is valued and how the curriculum is designed to achieve positive outcomes for children
- Tikanga whakaako – how approaches to teaching and learning respond to diversity and support positive outcomes for children.
Within these areas ERO considers the effectiveness of arotake – self review and of whanaungatanga – partnerships with parents and whānau.
ERO evaluates how well placed a service is to sustain good practice and make ongoing improvements for the benefit of all children at the service.
A focus for the government is that all children, especially priority learners, have an opportunity to benefit from quality early childhood education. ERO will report on how well each service promotes positive outcomes for all children, with a focus on children who are Māori, Pacific, have diverse needs, and are up to the age of two.
For more information about the framework and Ngā Pou Here refer to ERO’s Approach to Review in Early Childhood Services.
ERO’s Overall Judgement and Next Review
The overall judgement that ERO makes and the timing of the next review will depend on how well placed a service is to promote positive learning outcomes for children. The categories are:
- Very well placed – The next ERO review in four years
- Well placed – The next ERO review in three years
- Requires further development – The next ERO review within two years
- Not well placed - The next ERO review in consultation with the Ministry of Education
ERO has developed criteria for each category. These are available on ERO’s website.
Review Coverage
ERO reviews are tailored to each service’s context and performance, within the overarching review framework. The aim is to provide information on aspects that are central to positive outcomes for children and useful to the service.