Adelaide Early Childhood Centre
Education & Care
28 Colombo Street, Newtown · Wellington City
Adelaide Early Childhood Centre is an education and care service for 35 children in Newtown. Our analysis of the ERO report (May 2023) shows children are confident and well-supported with effective social-emotional strategies. Areas for development include systematically gathering whānau aspirations, developing local mana whenua curriculum alongside existing te reo Māori and tikanga practices, and strengthening consistency in leadership and governance systems.
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
Standalone
Cultural & rohe
ERO review
Akarangi · 2023-05-11
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Children are confident and competent learners and are well supported by teachers who use a range of effective strategies to promote their developing social and emotional competence."
Children confident and well-supported; effective social-emotional strategies in place.
"Teachers are yet to collect, document, and respond to parent and whānau aspirations and cultural information in planning."
Parent and whānau aspirations not yet systematically collected or integrated into planning.
"The use of reo Māori and aspects of tikanga Māori are woven through the curriculum, however the service is yet to explore a local curriculum from a mana whenua perspective."
Te reo Māori and tikanga present but local mana whenua curriculum not yet developed.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Leaders are at an early stage of developing documented systems, processes, and practices that support assessment, planning, appraisal, internal evaluation, and compliance. A professional growth cycle has been established; but this is not yet consistently implemented."
Early-stage systems development; professional growth cycle established but not yet consistent.
Source: Education Review Office review of Adelaide Early Childhood Centre dated 2023-05-11, 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 Adelaide Early Childhood Centre 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
28 Colombo Street, Newtown. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Operator financials
Source: Charities Services Annual Return
Frequently asked
- Is Adelaide Early Childhood Centre a free kindergarten?
- Adelaide Early Childhood Centre is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Adelaide Early Childhood Centre?
- 35 children attend Adelaide Early Childhood Centre (roll year 2025).
- Where is Adelaide Early Childhood Centre?
- 28 Colombo Street Newtown Wellington City
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Sources & verification
Every fact on this page links back to its government source. Verify directly:
- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #60241) ↗ · CC-BY 4.0 via data.govt.nz
- ERO reviews: ERO institution page ↗ · Crown copyright (reuse permitted with attribution)
- Financials (2025-03-31): Charities Services Annual Return ↗ · CC-BY 4.0 via charities.govt.nz
- 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
Last build refresh: . See full methodology + data sources pages for licences, refresh cadences, and known gaps.