Active Explorers Leeston
Education & Care
20 Leeston-Lake Road, Leeston · Selwyn District
ERO assessed Active Explorers Leeston as Not well placed in June 2018. Our analysis of the ERO report identified concerns in curriculum and learning, and bicultural practice (both grade C), while health and safety and leadership and governance were assessed as grade B.
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Roll breakdown
By age
By ethnicity
Note: a child may be counted under multiple ethnicities (total may exceed roll).
Operator
Active Explorers Cultural & rohe
ERO review
ERO review · 2018-06-13
This review predates ERO's current 4-point placement scale (introduced 2020). The overall judgement is omitted; the per-dimension grades below are extracted from the review prose and remain comparable.
"Assessment, planning and evaluation need to be strengthened. In particular: the quality of learning stories including the use of children's voice, requires improvement in terms of consistency between teachers planning needs to explicitly state how children's learning will be extended the impact and effectiveness of teaching strategies needs to be identified in order to know which practices are most effective in supporting children progress over time, in relation to identified goals, needs to be analysed cultural identity and perspectives for Māori and Pacific heritage children need to be incorporated meaningfully into planning and learning stories."
Assessment and planning inconsistent; learning stories need strengthening; cultural perspectives underrepresented.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"cultural identity and perspectives for Māori and Pacific heritage children need to be incorporated meaningfully into planning and learning stories."
Cultural perspectives for Māori and Pacific children not meaningfully incorporated.
"An area manager from the umbrella organisation visits regularly to provide guidance, mentoring, professional development and quality assurance support. This support also includes monitoring of health and safety processes and practices, and risk management."
Regular monitoring of health and safety; risk management in place.
"The centre manager provides thoughtful and intelligent direction for head teachers and other staff. She is committed to building a capable and cohesive teaching team which is well positioned to respond to the learning and wellbeing of all children who attend the centre."
Thoughtful management direction; capable teaching team being built.
Source: Education Review Office review of Active Explorers Leeston dated 2018-06-13, 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 2 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.
Composite score
How this is computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Active Explorers Leeston 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.
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
20 Leeston-Lake Road, Leeston. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
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Frequently asked
- Is Active Explorers Leeston a free kindergarten?
- Active Explorers Leeston is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Active Explorers Leeston?
- 66 children attend Active Explorers Leeston (roll year 2025).
- Where is Active Explorers Leeston?
- 20 Leeston-Lake Road Leeston Selwyn District
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #70001) ↗ · CC-BY 4.0 via data.govt.nz
- ERO reviews: ERO institution page ↗ · Crown copyright (reuse permitted with attribution)
- Suburb safety & demographics: SafeSuburbs ↗ · crimestats.co.nz ↗ · NZ Police RCVD + Stats NZ 2023 Census, CC-BY 4.0
- Funding policy (20 Hours / Childcare Subsidy / FamilyBoost): parents.education.govt.nz · WINZ · IRD · Crown copyright (policy only — we cite parameters, don't republish)
- Map tiles: © OpenStreetMap · © CARTO · ODbL + CC-BY 3.0
- Machine-readable formats: facts.json · markdown.md
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Data sources & freshness (4 sources · last refresh 12 July 2026)
Service type, address, roll, ethnicity, Equity Index, 20 Hours, Takiwā, lat/lng
Annual financial returns (community-based + umbrella orgs)
Per-centre review reports + 6-dimension letter grades (curriculum / wellbeing / whānau / bicultural / health & safety / leadership)
Safety score, crime/1k, 2023 Census demographics
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