11A Ashlynne Ave, Papatoetoe, Auckland
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 |
Not meeting |
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Governance, management and administration |
Not meeting |
ERO identified areas of non-compliance with regulatory standards that are an unacceptable risk to children. Since the onsite part of the review, the Ministry of Education has cancelled the license of this service.
Precious Kidz Homebased Care is governed by a qualified owner who is also the coordinator. She provides curriculum support to seven educators, who care for up to four children each, at any one time. Most children attending are of Samoan heritage.
Educators engage in meaningful, positive interactions to enhance children’s learning and nurture reciprocal relationships. Positive steps are taken to respect and acknowledge the aspirations held by parents and whānau for their children.
Regular opportunities are provided for parents to communicate with educators and coordinators, about their child, share specific evidence of the child's learning and to be involved in decision-making about their child’s learning.
Consistent implementation of the licensing criteria requirements is needed to meet regulatory standards.
ERO found areas of non-compliance in the service relating to:
providing guidance for educators and parents on implementing Ministry of Health guidelines relating to food safety
ensuring out-of-school care is not provided to children who are absent from school due to illness during service’s licensed hours
ensuring every children’s worker, is safety checked every three years, and having a record of all safety checks and the results, including ensuring anyone over the age of 17 years, who lives in a home where home-based education and care is being provided is police vetted.
Licensing Criteria for Home-based Education & Care Services 2008, HS16, HS23, GMA6A.
Since the onsite visit, the service has provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed the following non-compliances:
Maintaining first aid kits that comply with requirements of Appendix 1(PF15).
Having evidence of review of the written emergency plan on, at least, an annual basis (HS4).
Having a procedure for monitoring children’s sleep that includes checking children for warmth, breathing and general wellbeing at least every 10 to 15 minutes (HS8).
Ensuring that equipment, premises, and facilities are checked on every day of operation for hazards to children, and hazards to the safety of children are identified, eliminated, minimised or isolated (HS11).
Having a supervision plan that is specific to each premise that includes information on the age, abilities and enrolled hours of the children attending, how children will be supervised while they are interacting with other people in the home, including visitors; and the use of technology, including while it is being used by others in the home (HS34).
ERO recommends that the Ministry reassess the licence issued to this service provider. ERO will not undertake a further review of this service until the Ministry of Education is satisfied that the service meets regulatory standards.
The next ERO review will be in consultation with the Ministry of Education.
Filivaifale Jason Swann
Director Review and Improvement Services (Northern)
Northern Region | Te Tai Raki
3 March 2023
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Early Childhood Service Name |
Precious Kidz Homebased Care |
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Profile Number |
47140 |
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Location |
Papatoetoe, Auckland |
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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 |
47 |
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Review team on site |
November 2022 |
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Date of this report |
3 March 2023 |
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Most recent ERO report(s) |
Education Review, April 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.
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 |
Precious Kidz Homebased Care is well placed to promote positive learning outcomes for children.
ERO's findings that support this overall judgement are summarised below.
Precious Kidz Homebased Care is licensed to provide in-home care and education for up to 50 children, including 50 children up to two years. The network is privately-owned and led by the two owners. Most children who attend are of Samoan heritage.
The service has been operating since March 2017. One owner is the programme coordinator and is a qualified early childhood teacher. The owners work closely to provide systems and support for 10 educators who work in their own homes.
The Precious Kidz Christian-based mission and philosophy statements guide the service. The philosophy reflects a strong commitment to Aotearoa New Zealand's dual cultural heritage and values children as unique, precious learners.
Learning through play is promoted and Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum, is a foundation document for the service. Retaining each child's home language and learning to speak English are acknowledged as important for children's learning, wellbeing and success.
This is the service's first ERO review.
Service leaders value the diversity of their community. They promote a culturally responsive curriculum for all children. Pacific children and families are deeply valued and supported to experience success.
Educators are assisted to provide learning activities and safe environments for the children in their care. The small group size allows each educator to develop positive relationships with children and families. Together, educators and the coordinator, maintain portfolios of children's learning for each child. Individual and group learning stories capture children participating in a good range of activities and experiences that promote exploration and learning.
The coordinator knows children, educators and parents very well. Parents and educators receive useful information that sets out clear expectations of the service and educators. The coordinator continually supports educators to build their resilience and commitment to the service. Educators come together regularly for events, celebrations and meetings. Monthly playgroups include opportunities for educators to learn more about early childhood education and care. Parents are invited to, and often attend, the playgroups.
The coordinator visits each educator's home at least monthly to help foster children's learning and promote positive educator practice. Ongoing communication between educators, the coordinator and parents results in respectful, responsive relationships across the service.
Educators have regular workshops to deepen their professional learning and development. The owners have a relentless commitment to building a community of learners within the network to benefit children's holistic development.
The coordinator purposefully builds educator capability. All educators are encouraged and well supported to work towards completing a Level 4 early childhood qualification. Educators are assisted during their weekly study group by the coordinator. This approach helps to increase educators' confidence and success as learners.
Service leaders are highly reflective. They are implementing a useful appraisal process, with an external mentor, for the programme coordinator. Service leaders have developed a comprehensive policy and procedure framework. They have used external expertise to help them implement effective internal evaluation processes. There are many examples of evaluation practice across the service, including the outcomes of excursions for children's learning and safety. The collaborative approaches to internal evaluation ensure this is well used to improve systems and practices.
Service leaders agree that key next steps include:
building a deeper understanding of appropriate learning opportunities for children who are transitioning to school
increasing the
strengthening the appraisal process to include regular, documented observations of the programme coordinator's practice, and introducing an annual summary to show how the Standards for the Profession are being met
further developing the strategic plan to show how service priorities will be achieved each year.
Before the review, the staff and management of Precious Kidz Homebased Care 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.
Steve Tanner
Director Review and Improvement Services Northern
Northern Region
16 April 2019
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 |
Papatoetoe, Auckland |
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Ministry of Education profile number |
47140 |
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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 50 aged under 2 |
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Service roll |
50 |
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Standard or Quality Funded |
Standard |
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Gender composition |
Girls 27 Boys 23 |
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Ethnic composition |
Samoan |
49 |
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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 |
February 2019 |
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Date of this report |
16 April 2019 |
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Most recent ERO report(s)
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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:
Pou Whakahaere – how the service determines its vision, philosophy and direction to ensure positive outcomes for children
Pou Ārahi – how leadership is enacted to enhance positive outcomes for children
Mātauranga – whose knowledge is valued and how the curriculum is designed to achieve positive outcomes for children
Tikanga whakaako – how approaches to teaching and learning respond to diversity and support positive outcomes for children.
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 will depend on how well the service promotes positive learning outcomes for children. The categories are:
Very well placed
Well placed
Requires further development
Not well placed
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.