3 School Road, Tuakau
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 Dandy and Lion House are as follows:
Outcome Indicators(What the service knows about outcomes for learners) |
Whāngai Establishing |
Ngā Akatoro Domains |
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Learning ConditionsOrganisational Conditions |
Whāngai Establishing |
Dandy and Lion House is located close to Tuakau Primary School. A centre manager and the second in charge provide leadership of the curriculum. Approximately a quarter of the children enrolled identify as Māori. A range of ethnic groups are represented, including a small number of Pacific children.
Children engage in a play-based curriculum that is beginning to foster their ongoing learning and development. Teachers and leaders facilitate trips to Tuakau School and into the community to extend wider world learning. Planning utilises children’s own individual strengths and interests. Children with additional learning needs fully participate in the curriculum.
Infants and their whānau members enjoy intimate relationships with teachers as a primary caregiving approach is enacted. Teachers respect infants’ choices. Individualised care routines support continuity of care. Infants have a strong sense of belonging and their wellbeing is upheld.
Toddlers and pre-schoolers are beginning to be supported by teachers to progress their education. The environment provides freedom and choice. Tuakana teina relationships (older and younger children together) are promoted through shared spaces. Calm, respectful, and inclusive interactions by teachers support children to develop their social competence and build friendships.
The reflection of children’s cultures through the curriculum is at an early stage. Foundational steps have been taken to incorporate elements of te reo Māori and tikanga Māori. Other cultures are beginning to be recognised via shared events.
Governors and leaders at the service are developing systems and processes to promote equitable outcomes for children. Relational trust and collaboration between teachers, leaders and governance supports decision making. Teachers have opportunities to participate in professional learning to grow their practice. However, professional growth cycles do not consistently focus on building teacher capability to positively impact on children’s learning outcomes. Internal evaluation is established but is yet to promote consistent improvements.
Dandy and Lion House will include the following actions in its Quality Improvement Planning:
Continue to develop leaders and teachers’ cultural competencies to integrate children’s home cultures, languages, and identities into the curriculum.
Prioritise building teachers and leaders’ capabilities to use the learning outcomes from Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum to:
provide the basis for assessment and planning for children’s learning
evaluate the impact of improvement actions on children
consistently focus capability building that promotes children’s learning through professional growth cycles.
Before the review, the staff and management of Dandy and Lion House 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:
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.
During the review, the service provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed the following non-compliances:
a procedure people should follow if they wish to complain about non-compliance with the Regulations or criteria, is prominently displayed.
[Licensing Criteria for Early Childhood Education and Care Centres 2008, GMA1]
Phil Cowie
Director Review and Improvement Services (Central)
Central Region | Te Tai Pūtahi Nui
2 March 2023
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Early Childhood Service Name |
Dandy and Lion House |
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Profile Number |
47635 |
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Location |
Tuakau |
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Service type |
Education and care service |
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Number licensed for |
53 children, including up to 10 aged under 2 |
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Percentage of qualified teachers |
80-99% |
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Service roll |
42 |
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Review team on site |
January 2023 |
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Date of this report |
2 March 2023 |
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Most recent ERO report(s) |
Akanuku | Assurance Review, June 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.
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.
Dandy & Lion House is a privately owned and operated education and care provider located in Tuakau, close to the local school. The purpose-built centre opened in April 2019. It has three aged-based areas catering for children from infants to school age. This is the service’s first review.
The service takes positive steps to seek and acknowledge whānau aspirations for their children. The curriculum is informed by assessment, planning and evaluation that demonstrates an understanding of children’s learning, their interests and life contexts.
Adults providing education and care demonstrate an understanding and knowledge of relevant theories and practices in early childhood education. Information and guidance are sought from services to enable adults providing education and care to work effectively with children.
Consistent implementation of practices related to health and safety, premises and facilities and governance, management, and administration are required to continue to meet all aspects of compliance.
Since the onsite visit the service has provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed the following non-compliances:
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
2 June 2021
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Early Childhood Service Name |
Dandy & Lion House |
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Profile Number |
47635 |
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Location |
Tuakau, Auckland |
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Service type |
Education and care service |
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Number licensed for |
53 children, including up to 10 aged under 2. |
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Percentage of qualified teachers |
80%+ |
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Service roll |
50 |
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Ethnic composition |
Māori 26, NZ European/Pākehā 17, Cook Island 4, Other ethnic groups 3 |
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Review team on site |
March 2021 |
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Date of this report |
2 June 2021 |
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Most recent ERO report(s) |
First ERO review of the service. |
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 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:
As part of an Akanuku | Assurance Review ERO also gathers and records evidence through: