Awatea Kindergarten
Kindergarten
19 Awatea Street, Porirua East · Porirua City
ERO assessed Awatea Kindergarten as Not well placed in May 2016. Our analysis of the ERO report found strengths in curriculum, children's wellbeing, whānau partnership, bicultural practice, and health and safety (all grade B), but identified Leadership and governance as needing further development (grade C).
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
ERO review · 2016-05-16
This review predates ERO's current 4-point placement scale (introduced 2020). The overall judgement is omitted; the per-dimension grades below are extracted from the review prose and remain comparable.
"Early literacy, mathematics and creativity are integrated into daily learning."
Effective integration of learning areas; assessment focus ongoing.
"Children enthusiastically participate in a programme which effectively responds to their diverse cultural backgrounds. They are learning to be self managing and independent. Strong relationships underpin the curriculum."
Strong relationships support children's development and independence.
"A well-considered and successful approach to raising participation in the local community is increasingly engaging parents and whānau. Teachers use a variety of methods to seek and respond to their input into the programme."
Effective engagement strategies and responsive communication with families.
"Māori children's language, culture and identity are effectively fostered. Children are well supported to learn about te ao Māori. Teachers successfully encourage Pacific children's connections to their cultural identities."
Effective support for Māori and Pacific children's cultural identities.
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Services meet legal requirements; assurance confirmed through self-audit.
"Internal evaluation remains an area requiring further development."
Self-review improving but internal evaluation practices need further development.
Source: Education Review Office review of Awatea Kindergarten dated 2016-05-16, 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 computedThe 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
19 Awatea Street, Porirua East. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
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Frequently asked
- Is Awatea Kindergarten a free kindergarten?
- Awatea Kindergarten is a Free Kindergarten. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds — you may also be eligible for FamilyBoost and Childcare Subsidy.
- What's the roll at Awatea Kindergarten?
- 42 children attend Awatea Kindergarten (roll year 2025).
- Where is Awatea Kindergarten?
- 19 Awatea Street Porirua East Porirua City
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #5362) ↗ · 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.