4 Solomon Street, Brookfield, Tauranga
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 |
Since the onsite visit, the service has provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed non-compliances and is now taking reasonable steps to meet regulatory standards.
This is one of two services under shared ownership. The philosophy values warm and strong relationships as a foundation for children with a strong sense of belonging. Care is provided by educators or nannies. A small number of children enrolled are Māori or Pacific learners.
Strengthening of systems, processes and practices are required to improve regulatory compliance.
Children experience positive and respectful interactions with educators to enhance their learning. The service curriculum is informed by assessment and planning. Children are responded to as competent and confident learners. The design and layout of homes provides children with a range of experiences and opportunities to enhance and extend their learning and development, both indoors and outdoors. A language-rich environment supports children’s learning and social competence.
A limited number of homes were available to visit during the time of the review.
Since the onsite visit, the service has provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed the following non-compliances:
providing parents of children attending the service with opportunities to contribute to the development, review and of the service’s operational documents
safety checks of all children’s workers are undertaken, the results obtained and recorded
securing heavy furniture, fixtures and equipment that could topple and cause serious injury
daily checks of equipment, premises and facilities for hazards to children include the minimum list required by the licensing criteria
ensuring steps are taken to respect and acknowledge the aspirations held by parents and whānau for their children.
[Licensing Criteria for Home-based Education and Care Services 2008, GMA3, GMA6A, HS6, HS11, C11]
The next ERO review is likely to be an Akarangi | Quality Evaluation.
Patricia Davey
Director of Early Childhood Education (ECE)
9 May 2023
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Early Childhood Service Name |
Nestlings In-Home Childcare |
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Profile Number |
46987 |
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Location |
Tauranga |
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Service type |
Home-based service |
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Number licensed for |
50 children, including up to 50 aged under 2 |
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Service roll |
14 |
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Review team on site |
March 2023 |
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Date of this report |
9 May 2023 |
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Most recent ERO report(s) |
Education Review, September 2018. |
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.
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Not well placed |
Requires further development |
Well placed |
Very well placed |
ERO's findings that support this overall judgement are summarised below.
Nestlings In-Home Childcare is a privately owned and run company with a service based in Auckland and one in Tauranga. The Tauranga service was established in 2016. It provides full-day education and care for children from birth to school age and is licensed for 50 children, including 25 up to the age of two years. It currently has five educators who operate out of their own homes and there are 13 children enrolled in the service. Two educators are fully qualified in early childhood teaching and three educators are experienced in home-based provision.
The service is led by a qualified co-ordinator who oversees day-to-day management, visits the children and educators in homes every month and provides professional leadership and guidance to the educators. The service's owner manages the organisation and works collaboratively with the co-ordinator to improve systems, practices and overall outcomes for children.
The service's philosophy aims to establish and maintain warm, trusting and reciprocal relationships between tamariki, whānau, kaiako and the wider community in order to create a strong sense of belonging for children. It also acknowledges the importance of the bicultural partnership inherent in the Treaty of Waitangi and strives to ensure curriculum integrates te reo and tikanga Māori into daily practice.
This is the first ERO review for this service.
Warm and trusting relationships are evident between educators and children. At the service's playgroup ERO observed children exercising choice and leading their own learning. There are many opportunities for children to carry out investigations, explore and solve problems. Educators extend complexity of play through oral language discussions and open-ended questioning. Literacy and mathematics are naturally integrated into playgroup learning activities. Children up to the age of two experience nurture and care and have access to appropriate early learning experiences.
The curriculum provides a variety of rich learning opportunities for children. Leaders have introduced 'My Curriculum Bags' as an innovative approach to planning and resourcing. These bags provide educators with a wide range of equipment, learning activities and resources to enrich curriculum learning for children. They support children’s interests, integrate aspects of bicultural learning and affirm Māori children's language and culture. There is a strong focus on transition to school and older children have access to extension learning activities. Monthly excursions into the local community and the weekly playgroup sessions provide educators and their children shared experiences that develop social skills and competencies.
Leaders have a strategic approach to building educator capability. They provide effective professional leadership, mentoring and role modelling. There is strong communication and regular contact between the co-ordinator and the home-based educators. Ongoing and responsive feedback improves educators' planning, assessment and understanding of effective teaching strategies for children, including those with additional learning needs. Educators are well supported to provide quality education and care for children in their care.
Strong systems and processes are in place to guide service operations. The service's philosophy and vision have been recently reviewed, informed by parent, whānau and educator perspectives. The experienced owner and co-ordinator have worked collaboratively to develop and strengthen strategic planning and ongoing self review. They closely monitor the quality of care, education and health and safety in homes. Educators are well supported through induction, personalised training and professional learning and development. There is generous funding for resourcing which promotes positive learning experiences for children.
Leaders and ERO agree the key next steps for this service are to:
Before the review, the staff and management of Nestlings In-Home Childcare completed an ERO Home-based Education and Care 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 Nestlings In-Home Childcare will be in three years.
Adrienne Fowler
Director Review and Improvement Services
Te Tai Miringa - Waikato / Bay of Plenty Region
11 September 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 |
Tauranga |
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Ministry of Education profile number |
46987 |
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Institution type |
Homebased Network |
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Licensed under |
Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008 |
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Number licensed for |
50 children, including up to 25 aged under 2 |
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Service roll |
13 |
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Standard or Quality Funded |
Standard |
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Gender composition |
Boys 7 Girls 6 |
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Ethnic composition |
Māori |
7 |
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Number of qualified coordinators in the network |
1 |
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Required ratios of staff educators to children |
Under 2 |
1:2 |
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Over 2 |
1:4 |
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Review team on site |
August 2018 |
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Date of this report |
11 September 2018 |
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Most recent ERO report(s) |
No previous ERO reports |
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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 the draft methodology for ERO reviews in Home-based Education and Care Services: July 2014
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.