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A to Z Preschool

Education & Care

📞 03-768 4733 ✉ Email centre

70 Blake Street, Blaketown · Grey District

A to Z Preschool received an Akarangi review in January 2024. Our analysis of the ERO report found B grades in curriculum and learning, whānau partnership, and health and safety. Leadership and governance received a C grade, with the report noting that internal evaluation processes require development.

AI-generated summary of this centre's ERO review data — verify against the ERO report below. How summaries are generated.

Total roll
40
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
45621

Roll breakdown

By age

By ethnicity

Note: a child may be counted under multiple ethnicities (total may exceed roll).

Operator

Standalone

Cultural & rohe

ERO review

Akarangi · 2024-01-10

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
→B
"The learning outcomes from Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum, are used well to inform children's documented assessment."

Te Whāriki outcomes inform assessment; documentation increasing but inconsistent on languages and cultures.

Children's wellbeing
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Whānau partnership
→B
"There are regular opportunities for parents to contribute to their child's learning."

Regular parent contribution opportunities; leaders and teachers work well with parents and agencies.

Bicultural practice
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Health & safety
→B
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."

Previously noted non-compliances addressed; management assurance on legal requirements met.

Leadership & governance
↓C
"They are yet to do and use effective internal evaluation processes to make improvements and to know what is working, or not, for identified groups and individuals."

Collaborative leadership; professional learning aligned to philosophy; internal evaluation processes lacking.

Source: Education Review Office review of A to Z Preschool dated 2024-01-10, licensed CC-BY 4.0. The 4-point overall judgement is ERO's; the 6 dimension grades are our analysis of ERO's prose (see methodology). · Centre has 3 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.

Composite score

How this is computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where A to Z Preschool hasn't been graded on a dimension, the composite uses the national average for that dimension as a placeholder. Each affected axis below is flagged est. When a new ERO review lands, the placeholder is replaced and the score may shift.

67 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2425)
70
Wellbeing
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=1871)
74
est
Health & Safety
20%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
70
Leadership
15%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=2400)
50
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
Bicultural Practice
12.5%
Estimated from national average · near band median (n=2375)
64
est

The composite is a weighted average of six ERO dimensions, each scored 0–100 (A=90, B=70, C=50, D=25). The "(p47)" style suffix shows where the centre sits within its EQI band (peer percentile, when ≥10 comparable centres in band). See methodology for the formula + limits.

Location

70 Blake Street, Blaketown. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is A to Z Preschool a free kindergarten?
A to Z Preschool is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at A to Z Preschool?
40 children attend A to Z Preschool (roll year 2025).
Where is A to Z Preschool?
70 Blake Street Blaketown Grey District

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Data sources & freshness (4 sources · last refresh 12 July 2026)
MoE ECE Directory

Service type, address, roll, ethnicity, Equity Index, 20 Hours, Takiwā, lat/lng

As of: Roll year 2025· Refresh: Nightly source · re-pulled on every deploy
Charities Services

Annual financial returns (community-based + umbrella orgs)

As of: 545 centres covered· Refresh: Annual filings · re-ingested with each refresh
ERO reports

Per-centre review reports + 6-dimension letter grades (curriculum / wellbeing / whānau / bicultural / health & safety / leadership)

As of: 10,663 reports / 4,194 centres · latest review 2026-05-18· Refresh: On review publication · CC-BY 4.0 attribution
Suburb context

Safety score, crime/1k, 2023 Census demographics

As of: 2023 Census· Refresh: Quarterly police data · 5-yearly census

Last build refresh: . See full methodology + data sources pages for licences, refresh cadences, and known gaps.