Barnardos Early Learning Home Based Southland One
Home-based
25A Gilling Place, Cromwell East · Central Otago District
ERO assessed this home-based service as Not well placed in its 2019 review. Our analysis of the ERO report identified B grades across all dimensions: Curriculum & learning, Children's wellbeing, Whānau partnership, Bicultural practice, Health & safety, and Leadership & governance. The service maintains above-minimum staff ratios and has strong collaborative leadership, with identified areas for development including Te Whāriki implementation and increased visibility of children's language and culture.
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ERO review · 2019-02-18· superseded by operator-wide review above
"Children have many opportunities to be involved in a wide range of interesting learning experiences within and beyond the home-based setting."
Good learning opportunities; developing Te Whāriki implementation identified as next step.
"Regular playgroups and community outings promote children's social confidence through meaningful links with people and places in their local area."
Strong social confidence development; consistent educators support individual children.
"Purposeful links are made to external expertise to advocate for and support the wellbeing and learning of each child."
Effective partnerships with external agencies; family involvement in documentation identified as next step.
"giving prominence to te ao Māori and culturally responsive practices across the organisation"
Bicultural practices embedded; visibility of children's language and culture noted as area for development.
"effective systems to identify, monitor and report on health and safety and legislative requirements."
Legal compliance systems in place; ratios better than minimum requirements.
"Service leaders and the visiting teacher work effectively together to build the skills and experience of educators."
Strong collaborative leadership; new initiatives being embedded across organization.
Source: Education Review Office review of Barnardos Early Learning Home Based Southland One dated 2019-02-18, 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
25A Gilling Place, Cromwell East. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
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Frequently asked
- Is Barnardos Early Learning Home Based Southland One a free kindergarten?
- Barnardos Early Learning Home Based Southland One is a Home-based service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Barnardos Early Learning Home Based Southland One?
- 50 children attend Barnardos Early Learning Home Based Southland One (roll year 2025).
- Where is Barnardos Early Learning Home Based Southland One?
- 25A Gilling Place Cromwell East Central Otago District
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #83055) ↗ · 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
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