1669 Dairy Flat Highway, Silverdale, Whangaparaoa-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.
Fantails Childcare – Estate is a privately owned, purpose-built service. A team of head teachers provide curriculum oversight for each of their age-grouped rooms. A group manager, centre manager and supervisor provide governance and support for curriculum implementation. Children enrolled are from diverse ethnicities, and a small number of children are Māori.
Teachers engage in meaningful, positive interactions to enhance children’s learning and nurture reciprocal relationships. The curriculum is inclusive, and responsive to children as confident and competent learners. Children’s preferences are respected, and they are involved in decisions about their learning experiences.
Teachers and leaders provide children with a range of experiences and opportunities to enhance and extend their learning and development, individually and in groups. The curriculum provides a language-rich environment that supports children’s learning.
The curriculum is consistent with Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum and reflects the unique place of Māori as tangata whenua.
A next step is to continue to strengthen assessment, planning, and evaluation to reflect children’s progress and learning over time, their interests, whānau, and life contexts.
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
19 October 2022
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Early Childhood Service Name |
Fantails Childcare - Estate |
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Profile Number |
47780 |
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Location |
Silverdale, Auckland |
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Service type |
Education and care service |
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Number licensed for |
150 children, including up to 50 aged under 2 |
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Percentage of qualified teachers |
80-99% |
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Service roll |
142 |
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Review team on site |
September 2022 |
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Date of this report |
19 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.