149 Mahia Road, Manurewa, Auckland
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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 |
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.
All About Children - 149 Mahia is one of 15 services that are part of Kids World Childcare Limited. The service is purpose-built and provides for children aged two to five years. A centre manager leads a team of one qualified teacher, a cook and two support staff. An area manager, marketing manager and operations manager provide support for services in the Kids World Childcare group. A majority of children enrolled are of Māori or Pacific heritage.
The service curriculum is consistent with Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum. It respects and supports the right of each child to be confident in their own culture and encourages children to understand and respect other cultures. Children are provided with a range of experiences and opportunities to enhance their learning.
The service’s curriculum acknowledges the unique place of Māori as tangata whenua. Children are given some opportunities to develop their knowledge and understanding of the cultural heritages of both parties to Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Consistent implementation of curriculum requirements and health and safety practices is required to maintain regulatory standards.
Key next steps are:
for teachers to deliberately provide opportunities for meaningful interactions with children during daily care routines
to improve assessment information and documentation for all children to show their learning and progress over time
to increase the extent to which information documented about children’s learning reflects their identity, languages and cultures.
Since the onsite visit the service has provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed the following non-compliances:
Ensuring that the curriculum is informed by assessment, planning, and evaluation (documented and undocumented) that demonstrates an understanding of children’s learning, their interests, whānau, and life contexts (C2).
Having a procedure for the hygienic laundering of linen used by the children or adults (HS2).
Having a procedure for the changing (and disposal, if appropriate) of nappies that aims to ensure that children are treated with dignity and respect (HS3).
Having a procedure for monitoring children’s sleep that ensures children are checked for warmth, breathing, and general well-being at least every 5-10 minutes, or more frequently according to individual needs (HS9).
The next ERO review is likely to be an Akarangi | Quality Evaluation.
Patricia Davey
Director of Early Childhood Education (ECE)
24 April 2023
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Early Childhood Service Name |
All About Children - 149 Mahia |
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Profile Number |
46143 |
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Location |
Manurewa, Auckland |
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Service type |
Education and care service |
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Number licensed for |
40 children aged over 2 years |
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Percentage of qualified teachers |
80-99% |
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Service roll |
54 |
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Review team on site |
March 2023 |
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Date of this report |
24 April 2023 |
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Most recent ERO report(s) |
Akanuku | Assurance Review, November 2019 |
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 license 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 Akanuku | 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 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.
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.
ChoiceKids Mahia Road is one of eight ChoiceKids services in South Auckland. Most children enrolled are Māori or of Pacific heritage. The January 2019 ERO report identified that the service required further development. Ongoing progress is evident.
This review was part of a cluster of three reviews in the ChoiceKids organisation.
Children’s preferences are respected and teachers provide a programme that allows children to be involved in decisions about their learning experiences. Adults engage in meaningful, positive interactions that enhance children’s learning. Children are supported to be confident in their own culture and are encouraged to understand and respect other cultures.
Self review and professional development support the service to improve the quality of teaching and learning. Teacher appraisal processes are established. The service is further developing these processes to support outcomes for children.
Annual planning and monitoring of operational policies and procedures are in place.
Next steps include:
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
29 November 2019
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Early Childhood Service Name |
ChoiceKids Mahia Road |
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Profile Number |
46143 |
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Location |
Manurewa, Auckland |
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Service type |
Education and care service |
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Number licensed for |
40 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 |
1:8 - Better than regulatory standards. |
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Service roll |
59 |
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Gender composition |
Male 33, Female 26 |
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Ethnic composition |
Māori 26 |
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Review team on site |
September 2019 |
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Date of this report |
29 November 2019 |
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Most recent ERO report(s)
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Education Review, January 2019 |
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.
having its first ERO review – including if it is part of a governing organisation
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:
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Not well placed |
Requires further development |
Well placed |
Very well placed |
Choice Kids Mahia Road requires further development to promote positive learning outcomes for children.
Choice Kids managers and teachers require support to establish effective management systems that prioritise children's learning, improve learning environments and implement programmes that are based on Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum.
ERO's findings that support this overall judgement are summarised below.
Choice Kids Mahia Road opened in 2013. It is located in Manurewa and is one of eight services governed and managed by the Choice Kids organisation. The centre is licensed to provide full-day education and care for 40 children over two years of age. Most of the children are Māori or have Pacific heritage.
A new centre manager works with a team that includes three qualified teachers. The centre's philosophy has recently been reviewed.
In 2015 ERO identified several areas to improve, including teachers' planning, assessment, evaluation and bicultural practices. Teachers' appraisal, strategic planning and self review were also identified as key next steps. There has been very little progress in these areas. It remains a challenge for teachers and leaders to achieve and sustain good quality practices to support children's learning.
Children are settled and engage in basic activities in a supportive environment. Children play well with each other and have formed positive friendships. They choose from a range of activities set up by teachers.
Teachers are welcoming and approachable. Their interactions with children are generally positive. Parents appreciate support from teachers in an inclusive, family friendly environment.
Children are familiar with, and actively participate in, centre routines. Teachers promote children's responsibility and self-management well during these times.
The programme for children should be more closely aligned to Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum. Teachers need to develop a shared vision and a quality programme that engages children in their learning. They could improve the programme by gaining deeper understanding of theories about learning and development in early childhood. Teachers have begun professional learning to develop effective teaching practices, but this is yet to impact positively on children's learning.
Teachers are beginning to promote a bicultural programme for children, and should continue to support children's growing sense of their cultural identity. Teachers should ensure the programme and teaching strategies are more responsive to children's individual interests and cultural backgrounds. Programmes should offer a greater variety of engaging and challenging educational resources and physical activities.
Managers have identified the need to improve the learning environments. Teachers could promote learning through play by setting up inviting and stimulating learning environments in distinct play areas. Resources should be readily accessible, challenging and sufficient for learning. More opportunities for wonder, curiosity and creativity in the programme would help to foster children's learning.
Teachers are beginning to develop assessment practices that focus on individual children. They provide whānau with regular information about their children's learning. Teachers now need to focus programme planning on teaching and learning strategies rather than on activities.
Management systems are developing. The centre's strategic plan should include clear strategic goals that align with indicators of effective practice. Internal evaluation is yet to be effectively established. The centre's policy framework needs to be consistently aligned with the Vulnerable Children's Act. Performance management systems are yet to be established.
The centre manager would benefit from leadership training. The management structure needs to ensure that staffing and resourcing appropriately prioritise children's learning.
Next steps to improve centre practices include:
teachers being more deliberate in the strategies that they use to engage children and extend their learning
improving the quality of learning environments and resources to help teachers promote children’s exploration, creativity and oral language
ongoing professional development to support the manager's and each teacher's capability growth
developing internal evaluation processes that help managers and teachers to improve the quality of learning programmes for children
implementing robust, improvement-focused performance management.
Before the review, the staff and management of Choice Kids Mahia Road 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:
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.
To improve current practices, managers should:
differentiate between policies and procedures and ensure that these are consistently implemented
improve supervision in the outdoor learning environment, currently restricted by poorly designed climbing equipment.
ERO identified areas of non-compliance relating to:
systematic, improvement focused internal evaluation
a sufficient quantity and variety of indoor and outdoor furniture, equipment and materials
the extent to which curriculum leadership and implementation reflects an understanding of and is consistent with, current research, theory, and practices in early childhood education.
Licensing Criteria for Early Childhood Education and Care Centres 2008, GMA6,PF4; Education (ECS) Regulations 2008, 43(1a,iii).
ERO recommends that the service, in consultation with the Ministry of Education, develops a plan to address the key next steps and actions outlined in this report.
The next ERO review of Choice Kids Mahia Road will be within two years.
Steve Tanner
Director Review and Improvement Services Northern
Te Tai Raki - Northern Region
31 January 2019
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.
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Location |
Manurewa, Auckland |
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Ministry of Education profile number |
46143 |
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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 |
40 children over the age of 2 years |
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Service roll |
62 |
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Gender composition |
Boys 43 Girls 19 |
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Ethnic composition |
Māori |
30 |
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Percentage of qualified teachers |
80% + |
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Reported ratios of staff to children |
Over 2 |
1:10 |
Meets minimum requirements |
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Review team on site |
October 2018 |
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Date of this report |
31 January 2019 |
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Most recent ERO report(s) |
Education Review |
September 2015 |
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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:
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 has developed criteria for each category. These are available on ERO’s website.
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.