Ako Rangiora
Education & Care
14 B Wales Street, Rangiora North East · Waimakariri District
ERO assessed Ako Rangiora as Not well placed in their 2016 review. Our analysis of the ERO report found the service received B grades for children's wellbeing, whānau partnership, health and safety, and leadership and governance, but a C grade for bicultural practice, which ERO identified as a key area for development.
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 operator-wide review
Akanuku · 2023-03-09 · covers the wider operator group
ERO's most recent review for this centre is an operator-wide review — ERO has chosen to review the parent group rather than this centre individually. The findings apply across all centres in the group.
Source: Education Review Office operator-wide review dated 2023-03-09, licensed CC-BY 4.0.
Earlier individual centre review
ERO review · 2016-06-30· superseded by operator-wide review above
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Teachers are attentive and responsive to the interests, strengths and capabilities of individual children. They help children make a positive transition into the centre, and between areas, through well-paced, personalised processes."
Responsive teaching, positive transitions, personalised care support wellbeing.
"Families are warmly welcomed and well supported to develop a good sense of belonging. Parents are actively encouraged to be involved in their children's learning and to be part of the centre community."
Strong family welcome, active parent involvement, good communication evident.
"The teaching team has recently reviewed the centre philosophy to reflect teachers' shared teaching and learning values and beliefs, including an increasing focus on bicultural perspectives and practices."
Emerging bicultural practice; identified as key next step to strengthen.
"Reported ratios of staff to children Under 2 1:4 Better than minimum requirements Over 2 1:8 Better than minimum requirements"
Staffing ratios exceed minimum legal requirements; compliance demonstrated.
"The centre is well led and managed. The centre manager, business manager and professional services manager are knowledgeable and experienced. They work in partnership to implement BestStart systems effectively, including quality assurance, health and safety and strategic planning."
Knowledgeable management, effective systems, collaborative self-review processes.
Source: Education Review Office review of Ako Rangiora dated 2016-06-30, 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).
Composite score
How this is computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Ako Rangiora 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
14 B Wales Street, Rangiora North East. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Ako Rangiora a free kindergarten?
- Ako Rangiora is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Ako Rangiora?
- 44 children attend Ako Rangiora (roll year 2025).
- Where is Ako Rangiora?
- 14 B Wales Street Rangiora North East Waimakariri District
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Nearby & related
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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 #65019) ↗ · 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
Last build refresh: . See full methodology + data sources pages for licences, refresh cadences, and known gaps.