1174 Kahikatea Flat Road, Waitoki-Auckland
View on mapERO’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 |
At the time of the review, ERO found the service was taking reasonable steps to meet regulatory standards.
Toki Explorers is one of three privately owned centres under the same ownership. Daily activity is managed by a qualified centre manager with support from the qualified owner. An external agency provides oversight for organisational operations. A small number of children enrolled are identified as Māori. This is the first ERO review of the service.
The service curriculum is responsive to children as confident and competent learners. Children’s preferences are respected, and they are involved in decisions about their learning experiences. Teachers engage in positive interactions to enhance children’s learning and nurture reciprocal relationships.
The design and layout of the premises supports the provision of different types of indoor and outdoor experiences. There are a range of individual and group learning experiences appropriate to the age and abilities of children attending.
Informal and formal opportunities are provided for parents to communicate with adults providing education and care about their child and make decisions about their learning.
Next steps include deepening teachers’ shared understandings of bicultural practices and the unique place of Māori as tangata whenua.
The next ERO review is likely to be an Akarangi | Quality Evaluation.
Filivaifale Jason Swann
Director Review and Improvement Services (Northern)
Northern Region | Te Tai Raki
3 October 2022
| Early Childhood Service Name | Toki Explorers |
| Profile Number | 47762 |
| Location | Waitoki, Auckland |
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Service type |
Education and care service |
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Number licensed for |
70 children, including up to 20 aged under 2 |
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Percentage of qualified teachers |
80-99% |
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Service roll |
73 |
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Review team on site |
July 2022 |
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Date of this report |
3 October 2022 |
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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.
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.