Barnardos Early Learning Centre Petone
Education & Care
122 Richmond Street, Petone · Lower Hutt City
ERO assessed this service as Not well placed in May 2018. Our analysis of the ERO report identified strengths in curriculum responsiveness and children's wellbeing (both grade B), though leadership and governance require further development (grade C). The service was working to strengthen its internal evaluation practices and evidence-based decision-making.
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
Barnardos New Zealand Cultural & rohe
ERO operator-wide review
Governing Organisation · 2024-02-13 · 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 2024-02-13, licensed CC-BY 4.0.
Earlier individual centre review
ERO Review · 2018-05-30· superseded by operator-wide review above
"Sustained play by individuals and groups of children is fostered by responsive teaching practices. Each child's needs and interests are known and valued."
Responsive teaching practices evident; assessment and Te Whāriki implementation developing.
"A recent internal evaluation on promoting children's social and emotional competency has strengthened teachers' shared understandings of this key teaching practice. The unhurried and respectful manner of teachers enables children to make choices and to lead their learning."
Social-emotional competency strengthened; responsive, respectful teaching environment.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"The head teacher and staff understand and are more confident in using internal evaluation for improvement. Strengthening the focus on outcomes for children, based on well-analysed evidence should further improve practice."
Internal evaluation developing; analysis of evidence and outcomes focus needed.
Source: Education Review Office review of Barnardos Early Learning Centre Petone dated 2018-05-30, 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). · Centre has 2 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.
Composite score
How this is computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Barnardos Early Learning Centre Petone 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
122 Richmond Street, Petone. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
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Frequently asked
- Is Barnardos Early Learning Centre Petone a free kindergarten?
- Barnardos Early Learning Centre Petone is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Barnardos Early Learning Centre Petone?
- 36 children attend Barnardos Early Learning Centre Petone (roll year 2025).
- Where is Barnardos Early Learning Centre Petone?
- 122 Richmond Street Petone Lower Hutt 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 #60168) ↗ · 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
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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
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