37 Colesbury Street, Bishopdale, 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.
Cotswold Preschool and Nursery is a community-based early childhood service. It has longstanding connections with the Bishopdale community. A large group of children of Māori heritage and a small group of children of Pacific heritages attend the centre. Leaders and teachers have made significant progress in addressing the key next steps identified in the ERO 2020 review report.
The service curriculum is consistent with Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum. Adults providing education and care engage in meaningful, positive interactions to enhance children’s learning and nurture reciprocal relationships. The curriculum provides children with a range of experiences and opportunities to enhance and extend their learning and development, both indoors and outdoors, individually and in groups.
The design and layout of the premises support the provision of different types of experiences that are appropriate for the learning and abilities of the children attending.
A service philosophy expresses the service’s beliefs, values, and attitudes about the provision of early childhood education and care. Suitable human resource management practices are implemented.
Next steps include:
clearly showing children’s learning progress overtime in assessment documentation
increasing the visibility of all children’s languages, cultures and identity in the curriculum and within documentation.
The next ERO review is likely to be an Akarangi | Quality Evaluation.
Patricia Davey
Director of Early Childhood Education (ECE)
14 August 2023
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Early Childhood Service Name |
Cotswold Preschool and Nursery |
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Profile Number |
70457 |
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Location |
Christchurch |
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Service type |
Education and care service |
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Number licensed for |
40 children, including up to 8 aged under 2 |
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Percentage of qualified teachers (delete if not applicable) |
50-79% |
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Service roll |
44 |
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Review team on site |
July 2023 |
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Date of this report |
14 August 2023 |
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Most recent ERO report(s) |
Akanuku | Assurance Review, February 2022 |
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.
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 |
|
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.
Cotswold Preschool and Nursery is a small community-based early childhood education centre that has long been established within its diverse community. The preschool and nursery offer education and care for children from three months to school age. Most staff are long serving, qualified early childhood teachers.
The service curriculum is underpinned by Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum. Children are able to choose from a range of learning activities and experiences within a play-based and child-led programme. Children have access to a bicultural curriculum and have opportunities to learn about the dual heritage of Aotearoa New Zealand, and other cultures. Teachers focus on supporting children's developing social competence.
Learning environments and equipment are sufficient and suitable for the ages and abilities of children attending. The service’s annual plan, philosophy and vision guide daily operations. There are systems and processes in place to support the health, safety, and wellbeing of children.
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
25 February 2022
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Early Childhood Service Name |
Cotswold Preschool and Nursery |
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Profile Number |
70457 |
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Location |
Christchurch |
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Service type |
Education and care service |
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Number licensed for |
40 children, including up to 8 aged under 2 |
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Percentage of qualified teachers |
80-99% |
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Service roll |
43 |
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Ethnic composition |
Māori 8, NZ European/Pākehā 21, other ethnic groups 14 |
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Review team on site |
December 2021 |
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Date of this report |
25 February 2022 |
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Most recent ERO report(s) |
Education Review, June 2020; Education Review, June 2016 |
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.
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: