Aspiring Beginnings Early Learning Centre
Education & Care
120 Warren Street, Wānaka Central · Queenstown-Lakes District
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 · 2025-02-20
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Tamariki learn in a secure home-like environment where play is valued and curiosity and risk taking encouraged to build confidence and resilience. Kaiako engage in considerate, caring interactions with tamariki to nurture their wellbeing and belonging in the context of family and community."
Secure environment with valued play, encouragement of curiosity, caring interactions supporting wellbeing and belonging.
"Kaiako work collaboratively with parents and whānau to understand and implement aspirations for their children."
Collaborative partnership with parents and whānau to understand and implement child aspirations.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Service attested compliance with legal requirements; ERO reviewed systems for high-impact safety areas.
"Effective leadership and coherent organisational conditions are promoting an evaluative culture and the implementation of internal evaluation for continuous improvement and innovation."
Effective leadership promoting evaluative culture and internal evaluation for continuous improvement.
Source: Education Review Office review of Aspiring Beginnings Early Learning Centre dated 2025-02-20, 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 3 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.
Composite score
How this is computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Aspiring Beginnings Early Learning 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
120 Warren Street, Wānaka Central. 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 Aspiring Beginnings Early Learning Centre a free kindergarten?
- Aspiring Beginnings Early Learning Centre is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Aspiring Beginnings Early Learning Centre?
- 40 children attend Aspiring Beginnings Early Learning Centre (roll year 2025).
- Where is Aspiring Beginnings Early Learning Centre?
- 120 Warren Street Wānaka Central Queenstown-Lakes District
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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 #80009) ↗ · CC-BY 4.0 via data.govt.nz
- ERO reviews: ERO institution page ↗ · Crown copyright (reuse permitted with attribution)
- Financials (2024-12-31): 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.