Campus Creche at Fraser

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

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

Campus Creche at Fraser is a not-for-profit service located at Fraser High Campus, attached to He Puawai, the Teen Parent Unit. Children learn in two aged-based rooms. The Campus Creche Trust Board and the director, with support from the management team, are jointly responsible for governance. Over half the tamariki identify as Māori and almost a quarter identify as Pacific.

Summary of Review Findings

The service curriculum is informed by assessment, planning and evaluation, demonstrating tamariki learning, their interests, whānau and life contexts.

Tamariki are provided with a range of experiences and opportunities to enhance and extend their learning and development. Adults providing education and care engage in meaningful positive interactions.  The curriculum is language rich and supports tamariki with developing social competence and understanding of appropriate behaviour.

Positive steps are taken to acknowledge the aspirations by parents and whānau for their tamariki. Information and guidance is sought, when necessary, from agencies to enable adults providing education and care to work effectively with tamariki and their parents.

Key Next Steps

Next steps include:

• strengthen the extent to which information documented about tamariki learning reflects their identity, language, and culture

• strengthen and embed te reo me ona tikanga Māori within kaiako practice to promote a culturally responsive curriculum

• make more use of the learning outcomes in Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum, in documented assessment and planning, to further inform and support children’s learning progression. 

Actions for Compliance

Since and during the onsite visit, the service has provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed the following non-compliances:

• heavy furniture, fixtures, and equipment that could fall or topple and cause serious injury or damage are secured (HS6)

• furniture and items intended for children to sleep on (such as cots, beds, stretchers, or mattresses) that will be used by more than one child over time are securely covered with or made of a non-porous material (that is, a material that does not allow liquid to pass through it) that, protects them from becoming soiled. (PF30)

Next ERO Review

The next ERO review is likely to be an Akarangi | Quality Evaluation.

Phil Cowie
Director Review and Improvement Services (Central)
Central Region | Te Tai Pūtahi Nui

26 August 2022 

Information About the Service

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 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:

• 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 certification; ratios)

• relevant evacuation procedures and practices.

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.