51 Orlando Crescent, Waimairi Beach, Christchurch
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 Kiddz Homebased Childcare 2 are as follows:
Outcome Indicators(What the service knows about outcomes for learners) |
Whakawhanake Sustaining |
Ngā Akatoro Domains |
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Learning ConditionsOrganisational Conditions |
Whakawhanake Sustaining Whakawhanake Sustaining |
Kiddz Homebased Childcare 2 is one of four networks within the Kiddz Homebased Early Childhood Education Service Company. Children who attend the service come from diverse cultures. There are small numbers of children who identify as Māori or are of Pacific heritage. Almost a third are Chinese. Managers, qualified visiting teachers and translators support in-home educators to deliver learning programmes for up to four children at any one time. The service has maintained existing good practices and is making steady progress in addressing the key next steps identified in the March 2022 Akanuku |Assurance review report.
Children, including infants and toddlers, learn in a language-rich, child-led curriculum aligned with the organisation’s identified philosophy, learning priorities and Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum. They benefit from a wide range of indoor and outdoor learning experiences in educators’ homes and in the wider community.
Visiting teachers effectively mentor educators to grow their teaching practice to ensure a culturally responsive curriculum. Leaders and visiting teachers are highly responsive to Māori, Pacific, Chinese and other families’ cultural aspirations. While significant progress has been made in developing the bicultural curriculum, continuing to build visiting teachers’ and educators’ knowledge and confidence to use and weave te reo Māori and tikanga Māori into daily curriculum is an ongoing priority.
Curriculum planning, informed by well-developed assessment practices, extends, and promotes positive learning and wellbeing outcomes for children. Opportunities for learning focused conversations between educators and parents occur daily. Children with additional learning needs and their families are assisted to access the resources and support they require. Parents are well informed about their children's progress over time in relation to the Te Whāriki learning outcomes and the service’s learning priorities.
Educators benefit from the visiting teachers coaching and mentoring and modelling best practice based on current teaching and learning. A recent sustained focus has resulted in educators being more responsive to children’s oral language development.
Internal evaluation is well used to focus on key aspects of practice that impact on children's learning and results in changes and improvements to visiting teacher and educator practice. For greater effectiveness, aspects of internal evaluation practice can be further developed.
The organisation is very well managed and governed. Improving outcomes for children is a key consideration in all decision making. Strategic planning guides the implementation of positive innovations, policy review, induction, teacher, and educator appraisal. A range of rigorous and coherent systems are in place to promote consistent and sustainable practices across the four networks.
Kiddz Homebased Childcare 2 will include the following actions in its Quality Improvement Planning:
continue to build visiting teacher and educator knowledge and confidence to weave te reo Māori and tikanga Māori into the daily curriculum and in assessment documentation
when undertaking internal evaluation develop measurable indicators of effective practice to better understand how well the service is doing in relation to these and the difference made for children.
Before the review, the staff and management of Kiddz Homebased Childcare 2 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.
Kathy Lye
Director Review and Improvement Services (Acting, Southern)
Southern Region | Te Tai Tini
16 February 2023
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Early Childhood Service Name |
Kiddz Homebased Childcare 2 |
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Profile Number |
45808 |
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Location |
Christchurch |
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Service type |
Home-based service |
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Number licensed for |
80 children, including up to 80 aged under 2 |
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Percentage of qualified teachers |
100% |
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Service roll |
36 |
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Review team on site |
December 2022 |
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Date of this report |
16 February 2023 |
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Most recent ERO report(s) |
Akanuku | Assurance Review, March 2022 |
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.
Kiddz Homebased Childcare 2 is a quality funded network. It was previously known as Starbright Homebased Education. It is now one of four networks operating under the Kiddz Homebased umbrella. Managers, qualified visiting teachers and translators support in-home educators to deliver learning programmes for up to four children at any one time.
The philosophy guides the service's operation. It expresses the service’s beliefs, values, and attitudes about the provision of homebased education and care for infants, toddlers, and young children. Managers, visiting teachers, translators and educators engage in meaningful, positive interactions to enhance children's learning and nurture reciprocal relationships. The curriculum respects and supports the right of each child to be confident in their own culture and encourages children to understand and respect other cultures. Managers have sound systems and processes in place to guide and monitor health and safety in the areas that matter most in terms of children's health and safety.
Next steps are for visiting teachers to:
enrich the bicultural curriculum by deepening their own and educators’ understanding of Māori cultural heritage, including te reo Māori
with educators, better evaluate how well individuals and groups of children are progressing in relation to the learning outcomes in Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum.
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
31 March 2022
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Early Childhood Service Name |
Kiddz Homebased Childcare 2 |
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Profile Number |
45808 |
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Location |
Canterbury |
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Service type |
Home-based service |
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Number licensed for |
80 children, including up to 80 aged under 2 |
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Reported ratios of staff / to children |
Under 2: 1.2 - Meets regulatory standards |
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Over 2: 1.4 - Meets regulatory standards |
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Service roll |
25 |
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Ethnic composition |
Māori 4, NZ European/Pākehā 7, Pacific 4, Chinese 6, Other ethnic groups 4 |
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Review team on site |
February 2022 |
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Date of this report |
31 March 2022 |
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Most recent ERO report(s) |
Education Review; March 2014 |
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.
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 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:
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
visits to educator homes, selected by ERO.
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Not well placed |
Requires further development |
Well placed |
Very well placed |
Star Brights Homebased Care is not well placed to promote positive learning outcomes for children.
The Star Brights Homebased Care service needs support to meet minimum requirements in some aspects of curriculum, premises and facilities, health and safety and governance and management.
ERO's findings that support this overall judgement are summarised below.
Star Brights Homebased Care service is based in Methven. The service provider is a qualified teacher and the sole educator for a maximum of four children at any one time. The programme for children is provided in two, small, purpose-built rooms separate from the service provider's home.
The philosophy emphasises providing a safe, nurturing environment where children learn in a small group and feel valued as individuals.
The service is part of the Opuke Kāhui Ako|Community of Learning, enabling the provider opportunities to work collaboratively with other early learning services.
The service provider has not made sufficient progress in addressing areas identified as requiring development in the March 2014 ERO report. Key aspects of practice need strengthening.
Non-compliance with regulatory requirements is evident.
Children are well supported to develop a positive sense of belonging and wellbeing. The educator maintains a calm, unhurried pace, where children are given time to learn through play. She has responsive interactions with children to enhance their learning and help them develop positive relationships with each other.
The educator knows the children well and responds sensitively to their individual interests, preferences and care needs. They can choose from a wide range of resources and experiences that help them develop confidence and opportunities to explore the indoor and outdoor environments. Continuing to develop and implement Treaty-based practices is a priority.
Children's learning records show that they are involved in regular outings to help them build connections with their local community. However, they do not consistently show how the educator gathers and responds to parents' hopes and wishes for their children's learning, progress and development, or how the learning outcomes in Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum, have been personalised. There is a need to ensure that assessment, planning and evaluation of children's learning is regularly undertaken and includes parents' aspirations for their children's learning and development.
Systems to effectively govern and manage the service require improvement. These include:
Regular audits of practice in relation to compliance with the Licensing Criteria for Home-Based Education and Care (2008) should be undertaken to provide assurance that all legislative requirements are being met.
Before the review, the staff and management of Star Brights 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:
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:
All early childhood services are required to promote children’s health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements.
ERO identified areas of non-compliance relating to curriculum, premises and facilities, health and safety and governance, management and administration. To meet requirements the service needs to improve its performance in the following areas:
Licensing Criteria for Home-based Education and Care Services (2008) C2, C5, C11, PF10, PF11, HS4, HS6, HS7, HS14, GMA5, GMA6.
ERO recommends that the service, in consultation with the Ministry of Education, develops a plan to address the key next steps and actions outlined in this report.
Dr Lesley Patterson
Director Review and Improvement Services Te Tai Tini
Southern Region
19 February 2020
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.
| Early Childhood Service Name | Star Brights Homebased Care | ||
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Location |
Methven |
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Ministry of Education profile number |
45808 |
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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 |
4 children, including up to 4 aged under 2 |
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Service roll |
13 |
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Standard or Quality Funded |
Quality |
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Gender composition |
Male 11, Female 2 |
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Ethnic composition |
Māori |
1 |
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Number of qualified coordinators in the network |
1 |
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Required ratios of educators to children |
Under 2 |
1:2 |
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Over 2 |
1:4 |
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Review team on site |
October 2019 |
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Date of this report |
19 February 2020 |
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Most recent ERO report |
Education Review |
March 2014 |
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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 2008
The overall judgement that ERO makes will depend on how well the service promotes 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.