67 Main South Road, Sockburn, Christchurch
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.
Church Corner Nest is a family owned and operated early learning service that provides education and care for children from birth to school age in a mixed aged setting. The owners manage and teach in the service. This is the first ERO review for the service under new ownership.
The service curriculum provides a language-rich environment to support children in their learning. Premises and facilities are in good condition. The curriculum acknowledges the unique place of Māori as tangata whenua. It respects and supports the right of each child to be confident in their own culture, language, and identity.
There are appropriate systems to support the health and safety of children at the service which are reviewed in a planned way. Parents have opportunities to be involved in the review of service policies. A philosophy, service values, an annual and strategic plan guide the service’s operation.
Next steps include:
The next ERO review is likely to be an Akarangi | Quality Evaluation.
Dr Lesley Patterson
Director Review and Improvement Services (Southern)
Southern Region | Te Tai Tini
21 December 2021
| Early Childhood Service Name | Church Corner Nest |
| Profile Number | 46443 |
| Location | Christchurch |
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Service type |
Education and care service |
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Number licensed for |
30 children, including up to 10 aged under 2 years. |
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Percentage of qualified teachers |
80%+ |
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Service roll |
36 |
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Ethnic composition |
Māori 2, NZ European/Pākehā 15, Samoan 3, South East Asian 6, Chinese 4, Other ethnicities 6. |
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Review team on site |
23 November 2021 |
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Date of this report |
21 December 2021 |
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Most recent ERO report(s) |
Education Review, November 2018; Education Review, August 2015. |
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:
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Not well placed |
Requires further development |
Well placed |
Very well placed |
Church Corner Nest is well placed to promote positive learning outcomes for children.
ERO's findings that support this overall judgement are summarised below.
Church Corner Nest is an early childhood education and care service which operates under the NESTS NZ Ltd Franchise. This small centre is owned and operated by a qualified early childhood practitioner who has had extensive experience in managing early childhood education services. All staff are fully trained teachers. Most of them have been at the centre since it opened in 2014.
The centre caters for children from birth-to-school age in a mixed-age group, home-like setting. Older and younger children, from a diverse community, learn and play alongside one another. A primary-care teacher is allocated to support each family.
The owner/manager and staff have been very responsive in addressing all areas identified for improvement in the 2015 ERO report. This includes strengthening planning, assessment and internal evaluation processes. A parent committee has been established to help gather parent opinions, feedback and contributions to the curriculum.
Children benefit from the shared centre vision and philosophy. Valued outcomes for children are clearly identified and evident in key documentation, the environment, and in teachers 'ways of doing' and 'ways of being' at the centre. Children are at the heart of all decision making.
Children, parents and whānau are warmly welcomed. Teachers foster caring and respectful relationships which promote a positive sense of belonging for families. Teachers have a genuine interest in children's home life, language and culture. Children with additional needs are very well supported within an inclusive environment. Children under two years old are nurtured within a family/whānau setting where teacher-child-family relationships provide a positive sense of security. Teachers work effectively in partnership with parents to provide predictable centre routines that are aligned to each child's home routine.
Teachers encourage and support children to see themselves as competent and capable learners and communicators within a well-paced, child-led curriculum. The natural home-like environment is carefully considered and purposefully presented to provoke children's imagination, curiosity and problem solving. Children are given long periods of uninterrupted time to explore, test their own learning theories, and develop independence and friendships. Oral language, literacy and mathematics are thoughtfully integrated with learning in ways that are meaningful to children. Planned excursions into the local community enrich the curriculum offered to children.
Management actively promote a culture of embedded inquiry and continuous improvement, including strong reflective and evaluative practices. High expectations and targeted professional development continue to build teacher capability and leadership capacity. Very well written learning records reflect the depth of assessment practices and capture the richness of a curriculum that strongly promotes children's learning and wellbeing.
The owner/manager and centre supervisor have identified, and ERO's evaluation has confirmed, that the key next steps are to:
Before the review, the staff and management of Church Corner Nest 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.
The next ERO review of Church Corner Nest will be in three years.
Alan Wynyard
Director Review & Improvement Services
Te Waipounamu - Southern Region
20 November 2018
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 |
Christchurch |
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Ministry of Education profile number |
46443 |
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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 |
30 children, including up to 10 aged under 2 |
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Service roll |
37 |
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Gender composition |
Boys: 16 Girls: 21 |
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Ethnic composition |
Māori |
4 |
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Percentage of qualified teachers |
80% + |
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Reported ratios of staff to children |
Under 2 |
1:4 |
Better than minimum requirements |
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Over 2 |
1:7 |
Better than minimum requirements |
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Review team on site |
October 2018 |
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Date of this report |
20 November 2018 |
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Most recent ERO report |
Education Review |
August 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.
The overall judgement that ERO makes and the timing of the next review will depend on how well placed a service is to promote positive learning outcomes for children. The categories are:
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.