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Aurea Preschool and Nursery Kelburn

Education & Care

📞 04-475 3599 🌐 Visit website ↗ ✉ Email centre

4 - 6 Ngaio Road, Kelburn · Wellington City

Total roll
53
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
60066

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 · 2025-08-15

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
→B
"There is space for a range of individual and group learning experiences appropriate to the number, ages, and abilities of children attending."

Adequate learning environment with appropriate spaces and experiences provided.

Children's wellbeing
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Whānau partnership
→B
"Steps are taken to acknowledge the aspirations held by parents and whānau for their children."

Service acknowledges and works with family aspirations for children.

Bicultural practice
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Health & safety
↓D
"Consistent implementation of health and safety practices is required to meet all aspects of regulatory compliance."

Non-compliance identified; practices lack consistency and regulatory standards not fully met.

Leadership & governance
↑B
"Kelburn Preschool and Nursery is owned, governed, and managed by a qualified centre manager."

Qualified manager provides governance and management of service.

Source: Education Review Office review of Aurea Preschool and Nursery Kelburn dated 2025-08-15, 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 computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Aurea Preschool and Nursery Kelburn 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.

61 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2425)
70
Wellbeing
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=1871)
74
est
Health & Safety
20%
Grade D · bottom 10% of band (n=2319)
25
Leadership
15%
Grade B · below band median (n=2400)
70
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
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

4 - 6 Ngaio Road, Kelburn. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Aurea Preschool and Nursery Kelburn a free kindergarten?
Aurea Preschool and Nursery Kelburn is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Aurea Preschool and Nursery Kelburn?
53 children attend Aurea Preschool and Nursery Kelburn (roll year 2025).
Where is Aurea Preschool and Nursery Kelburn?
4 - 6 Ngaio Road Kelburn Wellington City

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Sources & verification

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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
ERO reports

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
Suburb context

Safety score, crime/1k, 2023 Census demographics

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

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