115 Wellington Street, Opotiki
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.
Opotiki Community Childcare Centre is a not-for-profit centre governed by a committee of parents and kaiako. A centre manager and head teacher share responsibility for management and lead the teaching team. More than half of the children enrolled are Māori.
Children are involved in decisions about their learning experiences. Their learning is enhanced by teachers engaging in meaningful and positive interactions with them. The curriculum is language rich, inclusive, and reflects the unique place of Māori as tangata whenua. Children are responded to as confident and competent learners and are supported to develop their social competence.
Assessment, planning, and evaluation demonstrates an understanding of children’s interests and whānau. There are regular opportunities for parents to communicate with kaiako about their child’s learning.
Next steps include:
continue to increase the range of information about the cultural contexts in which children live within assessment and planning documentation
increase access to a range of resources throughout the day, for older children to revisit and extend the complexity of their learning.
Since the onsite visit, the service has provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed the following non-compliance:
a documented process for providing positive guidance.
[Licensing Criteria for Early Childhood Education and Care Centres 2008, C10]
The next ERO review is likely to be an Akarangi | Quality Evaluation.
Phil Cowie
Director Review and Improvement Services (Central)
Central Region | Te Tai Pūtahi Nui
18 October 2022
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Early Childhood Service Name |
Opotiki Community Childcare Centre |
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Profile Number |
40069 |
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Location |
Opotiki |
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Service type |
Education and care service |
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Number licensed for |
70 children, including up to 15 aged under 2 |
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Percentage of qualified teachers |
80-99% |
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Service roll |
71 |
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Review team on site |
September 2022 |
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Date of this report |
18 October 2022 |
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Most recent ERO report(s) |
Akanuku | Assurance Review, January 2021; 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.
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 |
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.
Opotiki Community Childcare Centre is a not-for-profit centre, governed by a committee of parents and teachers, past and present. The September 2018 ERO report identified areas where the service was not compliant with regulatory standards.
Children engage in positive interactions with adults. They have opportunities to learn about the dual cultural heritage of Aotearoa New Zealand. Teachers respect and support the right of each child to be confident in their own culture.
Effective governance and management systems that support staff to grow their knowledge and understanding of the licensing criteria have not been established. Increased monitoring of health and safety practices is required.
ERO found areas of non-compliance in the service relating to:
[Licensing Criteria for Early Childhood Education and Care Centres 2008, HS4, HS12).
Since the onsite visit the service has provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed the following non-compliances:
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 will be in consultation with the Ministry of Education.
Phil Cowie
Director Review and Improvement Services
Central Region | Te Tai Pūtahi Nui
27 January 2021
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Early Childhood Service Name |
Opotiki Community Childcare Centre |
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Profile Number |
40069 |
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Location |
Ōpōtiki |
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Service type |
Education and care service |
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Number licensed for |
70 children, including up to 15 aged under 2 |
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Percentage of qualified teachers |
80%+ |
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Service roll |
81 |
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Ethnic composition |
Māori 55 |
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Review team on site |
December 2020 |
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Date of this report |
27 January 2021 |
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Most recent ERO report(s)
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Education Review, September 2018; Education Review, June 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: