19 Connolly Street, Lower Hutt Central, Lower Hutt
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 Millie’s House Connolly St are as follows:
Outcome Indicators(What the service knows about outcomes for learners) |
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Ngā Akatoro Domains |
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Learning ConditionsOrganisational Conditions |
Whāngai Establishing |
Millie’s House Connolly Steet is one of five Millie’s House centre's owned by Millie’s House in Wellington Ltd. A centre manager is supported in the role by the operational, and regional manager. A small group of children of Māori heritage are enrolled along with other children from diverse ethnic backgrounds. Some progress has been made to address the recommendations from the ERO 2020 review.
Children experience a curriculum that aligns well to the centre philosophy and values. Oral language, numeracy and literacy concepts are evident in practice. Attentive teachers respond to the verbal and non-verbal ques of infants and toddlers. Te reo Māori is heard within daily routines and visible in displays and literacy resources but needs to be used more widely across the curriculum. The service is continuing to develop the localised bicultural curriculum.
Assessment and planning information successfully shows children’s interests and developing capabilities. Teachers provide parents and children with feedback that acknowledges the learning that has occurred. However, teachers have yet to make clear children’s progression of learning against the learning outcomes from Te Whāriki. Intentional teaching strategies and appropriate support are responsive to children’s individual diverse needs.
Parents have a range of opportunities to contribute to their children's learning. Teachers seek their aspirations for their children’s learning and respond in meaningful ways.
Leaders and teachers are improvement focused and undertake ongoing self-review. There is an established process for internal evaluation, however this is yet to be well understood and effectively used. Building leaders’ and teachers’ collective capability to effectively do and use evaluation is now required.
Those in the role of governance ensure that the policies and procedures are fit for purpose and allocate resources to align with the centre’s values and vision.
Millie’s House Connolly St will include the following actions in its Quality Improvement Planning:
Further develop the localised bicultural curriculum.
In assessment documentation, show children’s developing capabilities and learning progress overtime in relation to Te Whāriki learning outcomes
Build leaders’ and teachers’ capability to do and use effective internal evaluation to know what is working, or not, and for whom.
Before the review, the staff and management of Millie’s House Connolly St 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:
curriculum
premises and facilities
health and safety practices
governance, management and administration.
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.
Patricia Davey
Director of Early Childhood Education (ECE)
25 October 2023
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Early Childhood Service Name |
Millie’s House Connolly Street |
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Profile Number |
47403 |
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Location |
Wellington |
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Service type |
Education and care service |
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Number licensed for |
53 children, including up to 28 aged under 2 |
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Percentage of qualified teachers |
80-99% |
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Service roll |
67 |
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Review team on site |
July 2023 |
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Date of this report |
25 October 2023 |
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Most recent ERO report(s) |
Akanuku | Assurance Review, October 2020 |
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 |
At the time of the review, ERO found the service was taking reasonable steps to meet regulatory standards.
Millie’s House Nursery and Preschool is a privately-owned service based in Lower Hutt. Two buildings are shared by the service. Infants and toddlers have designated play spaces, teachers and resources separate to older children. Day-to-day operation of the centre is the responsibility of the centre manager. Most teachers are fully qualified and represent a diverse range of cultures.
Appropriate systems for governance, management and administration of the service are in place, as well as for promoting the health and safety of children. The design and layout of the service allows for a range of individual and group experiences. Children’s preferences are respected. Positive steps are taken to respect and acknowledge the aspirations held by parents and whānau for their children’s learning.
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
28 October 2020
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Early Childhood Service Name |
Millie’s House Nursery and Preschool |
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Profile Number |
47403 |
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Location |
Lower Hutt |
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Service type |
Education and care service |
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Number licensed for |
53 children, including up to 28 aged under 2. |
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Percentage of qualified teachers |
80%+ |
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Service roll |
62 |
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Gender composition |
Male 32, Female 30 |
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Ethnic composition |
Māori 9 |
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Review team on site |
September 2020 |
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Date of this report |
28 October 2020 |
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Most recent ERO report(s)
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Akanuku | Assurance Review, May 2019 |
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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Regulatory standards |
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Curriculum |
Not meeting |
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Premises and facilities |
Meeting |
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Health and safety |
Not meeting |
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Governance, management and administration |
Meeting |
At the time of the review, ERO identified non-compliance with regulatory standards that must be addressed.
Millie’s House Nursery and Preschool is a privately-owned service which started operation in January 2018. It provides full-time education and care for children aged from three months to school age. This is the first ERO review for this centre.
Most teachers are fully qualified and represent a diverse range of cultures. Day-to-day operation of the centre is the responsibility of the centre manager, who supports the teaching team.
The service provides sufficient and suitable space for a range of activities to support children’s learning and care. There are appropriate systems and processes in place to govern and manage the centre.
Making available a wider range of curriculum experiences to enhance and extend children’s learning is required. An increased focus should also be on teachers providing a language-rich environment to support children’s learning. Leaders should strengthen their monitoring of all health and safety systems.
ERO found areas of non-compliance in the service relating to:
providing a language-rich environment that supports children’s learning
making available to children a range of experiences and opportunities to enhance and extend their learning and development – both indoors and outdoors, individually and in groups
records showing the type of food provided, and that these records are available for inspection for three months after the food is served
more comprehensive monitoring of health and safety documentation.
Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008, Regulation 43, (1a), 46 (2).
Licensing Criteria for Early Childhood Education and Care Centres 2008, C8, C9, HS9, HS17, HS19, HS27, HS28.
ERO recommends the Ministry follows up with the service provider to ensure that non-compliances identified in this report are addressed promptly.
The next ERO review of Millie’s House Nursery and Preschool will be in consultation with the Ministry of Education.
Alan Wynyard
Director Review and Improvement Services Southern
Southern Region
9 May 2019
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Early Childhood Service Name |
Millie’s House Nursery and Preschool |
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Profile Number |
47403 |
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Location |
Lower Hutt |
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Service type |
Education and care service |
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Number licensed for |
53 children, including up to 28 aged under 2 |
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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 regulatory standards |
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Over 2 |
1:8 - Better than regulatory standards |
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Service roll |
52 |
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Gender composition |
Girls 26, Boys 26 |
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Ethnic composition |
Māori 12 NZ European/Pākehā 30 Pacific heritage 3 Other ethnic groups 5 |
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Review team on site |
April 2019 |
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Date of this report |
9 May 2019 |
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Most recent ERO report(s)
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First ERO review of the service |
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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 Home-based Education and Care Services 2008
the Licensing Criteria for Hospital-based 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 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 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:
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 certification; ratios)
evacuation procedures and practices for fire and earthquake.
As part of an 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.