17 Clayton Road, Manurewa, Auckland
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Star Kids Childcare
1 ERO’s Judgements
Akarangi | 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 Star Kids Childcare are as follows:
Outcome Indicators(What the service knows about outcomes for learners) |
Whāngai Establishing |
Ngā Akatoro Domains |
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Learning ConditionsOrganisational Conditions |
Whāngai Establishing Whāngai Establishing |
2 Context of the Service
Star Kids Childcare is a privately owned education and care service. A centre manager leads a team of four qualified teachers and eight support staff. Most children attending are Māori or have Pacific heritages.
3 Summary of findings
Children confidently engage in learning opportunities that support their development of positive social skills. This enables them to form nurturing relationships with their peers and younger children. Teachers support infants and toddlers to be independent, and they meet their needs in a timely manner.
Leaders and teachers promote equity and social justice for children and families through culturally responsive practices. Te ao Māori is valued and demonstrated through the inclusion of aspects of tikanga Māori and te reo Māori in daily practices. Pacific children’s identity, languages, and cultures are celebrated and acknowledged. Teachers plan to continue embedding these practices into the curriculum.
Assessment records highlight individual children’s experiences within group learning focuses. Teachers could more specifically identify children’s individual interests, strengths and learning dispositions in assessment documentation.
Learning environments for children are spacious. Teachers could now provide children with more challenge in the environment. For instance, older children could have opportunities to actively explore resources and strengthen their physical skills.
A professional growth cycle is being established to support teachers’ ongoing development. The centre manager provides mentoring support for teachers. Leaders have prioritised the continued building of leadership and mentoring capability to embed teaching practice improvements.
Self-review for improvement is understood and implemented. Teachers are building their capability to evaluate their practice and create the conditions that support ongoing improvement. Internal evaluation could focus on how effectively the service is providing for the strengths, interests and needs of all children, and evaluating how their learning is progressing.
4 Improvement actions
Star Kids Childcare will include the following actions in its Quality Improvement Planning:
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Planning and assessment of individual children to reflect their interests, strengths, and dispositions.
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Continue to build teacher capability to do and use evaluation for improvement, including monitoring how well practices and improvements result in valued outcomes for children.
5 Management Assurance on Legal Requirements
Before the review, the staff and management of Star Kids Childcare 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:
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curriculum
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premises and facilities
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health and safety practices
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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:
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emotional safety (including positive guidance and child protection)
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physical safety (including supervision; sleep procedures; accidents; medication; hygiene; excursion policies and procedures)
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suitable staffing (including qualification levels; safety checking; teacher registration; ratios)
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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.
Filivaifale Jason Swann
Director Review and Improvement Services (Northern)
Northern Region | Te Tai Raki
16 November 2022
6 About the Early Childhood Service
Early Childhood Service Name |
Star Kids Childcare |
Profile Number |
47174 |
Location |
Manurewa, Auckland |
Service type |
Education and care service |
Number licensed for |
48 children, including up to 10 aged under 2 |
Percentage of qualified teachers |
80-99% |
Service roll |
58 |
Review team on site |
July 2022 |
Date of this report |
16 November 2022 |
Most recent ERO report(s) |
Akanuku | Assurance Review, May 2019 |
Star Kids Childcare - 23/05/2019
ERO’s judgement
Regulatory standards |
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Curriculum |
Meeting |
Premises and facilities |
Meeting |
Health and safety |
Meeting |
Governance, management and administration |
Meeting |
At the time of the review, ERO found the service was taking reasonable steps to meet regulatory standards.
Background
Star Kids Childcare is a mixed-age centre, licensed in 2017. The licensed numbers were amended in 2019 to allow for up to 36 children, including 14 under two years of age. The owner/manager leads a team of 11, including five other qualified teachers. Most of the children are of Māori or Pacific heritage. Staff reflect the cultural diversity of the community. This is the first ERO review of the service.
Summary of review findings
Teachers provide a programme based on Te Whāriki, early childhood curriculum. It reflects the unique place of Māori as tangata whenua. Teachers engage children in positive interactions that support their learning and social competence. Children learn in a language-rich environment that supports them to be confident in their own culture and understand others.
Systems are in place to monitor health and safety practices and promote the physical and emotional wellbeing of children and their whānau. There is regular communication and consultation with parents about their children’s learning and ways they could be involved in the service. Teacher appraisal and self-review systems are in place.
Next ERO Review
The next ERO review is likely to be an Education Review.
Steve Tanner
Director Review and Improvement Services Northern
Northern Region
23 May 2019
Information about the service
Early Childhood Service Name |
Star Kids Childcare |
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Profile Number |
47174 |
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Location |
Manurewa, Auckland |
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Service type |
Education and care service |
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Number licensed for |
36 Children, including up to 14 aged under 2 |
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Percentage of qualified teachers |
80% + |
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Reported ratios of staff to children |
Under 2 |
1:3 - Better than regulatory standards |
Over 2 |
1:6 - Better than regulatory standards |
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Service roll |
43 |
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Gender composition |
Girls 22 Boys 21 |
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Ethnic composition |
Māori 15 |
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Review team on site |
March 2019 |
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Date of this report |
23 May 2019 |
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Most recent ERO report(s) |
First ERO review of the service |
General Information about Assurance Reviews
All services are licensed under the Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008. The legal requirements for early childhood services also include:
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the Licensing Criteria for Home-based Education and Care Services 2008
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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.
ERO undertakes an Assurance Review process in any service:
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having its first ERO review – including if it is part of a governing organisation
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previously identified as ‘not well placed’ or ‘requiring further development’
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that has moved from a provisional to a full licence
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that have been re-licenced due to a change of ownership
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where an Assurance Review process is determined to be appropriate.
Management Assurance on Legal Requirements
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:
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curriculum
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premises and facilities
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health and safety practices
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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:
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emotional safety (including positive guidance and child protection)
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physical safety (including supervision; sleep procedures; accidents; medication; hygiene; excursion policies and procedures)
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suitable staffing (including qualification levels; police vetting; teacher certification; ratios)
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evacuation procedures and practices for fire and earthquake.
As part of an Assurance Review ERO also gathers and records evidence through:
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discussions with those involved in the service
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consideration of relevant documentation, including the implementation of health and safety systems
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observations of the environment/premises, curriculum implementation and teaching practice.