Active Explorers Shakespeare Street
Education & Care
Active Explorers Shakespeare St 24 Shakespeare Street, King Park · Grey District
Active Explorers Shakespeare Street is an education and care service for 36 children in King Park. The service received an Akarangi review in September 2021. Our analysis of the ERO report found strengths in curriculum responsiveness, children's wellbeing support, and whānau partnership (all graded B), with child-centred leadership evident. Bicultural practice was identified as a key focus area requiring improvement for consistent integration throughout the curriculum (graded C).
AI-generated summary of this centre's ERO review data — verify against the ERO report below. How summaries are generated.
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
Akarangi · 2021-09-07
"Children benefit from a responsive curriculum that promotes relationships, respect, identity and independence."
Responsive curriculum evident; assessment documentation acknowledges progress; could better align to Te Whāriki outcomes
"Children have many opportunities to learn and succeed within an inclusive learning environment."
Inclusive environment; children well-supported in free-play; respectful, responsive partnerships foster belonging.
"Kaiako actively foster respectful, responsive partnerships with parents, whānau, community and specialist agencies."
Strong partnerships; sensitive approaches; assessment informed by parent/whānau perspectives and aspirations.
"Strengthening the use of te reo me ngā tikanga Māori is a key focus for kaiako."
Identified as key focus; emerging practice; improvement action needed for consistent integration throughout curriculum.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Leaders are strong positive advocates for children, alongside their parents and whānau. Children are at the heart of all decision making. Relational trust enables collaboration. Kaiako are reflective and work well together to develop their professional knowledge and expertise."
Child-centred leadership; collaborative culture; reflective practice; early stages of formal internal evaluation process
Source: Education Review Office review of Active Explorers Shakespeare Street dated 2021-09-07, 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 Shakespeare Street 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
Active Explorers Shakespeare St 24 Shakespeare Street, King Park. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
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Frequently asked
- Is Active Explorers Shakespeare Street a free kindergarten?
- Active Explorers Shakespeare Street is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Active Explorers Shakespeare Street?
- 36 children attend Active Explorers Shakespeare Street (roll year 2025).
- Where is Active Explorers Shakespeare Street?
- Active Explorers Shakespeare St 24 Shakespeare Street King Park Grey 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 #45292) ↗ · 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
Full source list, licence text, refresh cadence: /sources. How we match, clean, and rank: /methodology.
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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