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Aspire Preschool

Education & Care

📞 03-3296507

8 School Road, Tai Tapu · Selwyn District

Aspire Preschool is an education and care service in Tai Tapu with a current roll of 59 children. Our analysis of the ERO report found health and safety practices were well implemented with legal compliance requirements adequately met.

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

Total roll

59

2025

Under 2s

—

20 Hours ECE

—

MOE #

70123

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 · 2021-09-06

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).

Curriculum & learning

—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Children's wellbeing

—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Whānau partnership

—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice

—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Health & safety

B

"Organisation policies and procedures and systems that inform ongoing monitoring and improvement are well implemented and support the effective operation of the service."

Policies and systems well implemented; legal compliance requirements adequately met.

Leadership & governance

—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Source: Education Review Office review of Aspire Preschool dated 2021-09-06, 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 computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Aspire 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.

70 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown

Curriculum

20%

Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=2425)

71

est

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%

Estimated from national average · below band median (n=2400)

66

est

Whānau Partnership

12.5%

Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)

70

est

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

8 School Road, Tai Tapu. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Aspire Preschool a free kindergarten?: Aspire Preschool is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Aspire Preschool?: 59 children attend Aspire Preschool (roll year 2025).
Where is Aspire Preschool?: 8 School Road Tai Tapu Selwyn District

How much will this cost you? Use our FamilyBoost + Childcare Subsidy calculator to estimate your weekly out-of-pocket after government support.

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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 #70123) ↗ · 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)

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

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

Safety score, crime/1k, 2023 Census demographics

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

Last build refresh: 12 July 2026. See full methodology + data sources pages for licences, refresh cadences, and known gaps.