Bay Buddies Preschool
Education & Care
110 Tomoana Road, St Leonards-Napier/Hastings · Hastings District
Bay Buddies Preschool is an education and care service in St Leonards-Napier with a roll of 35 children. Our analysis of the ERO report shows strengths in children's wellbeing, whānau partnership, and health and safety (all grade B), though bicultural practice (grade C) has room for development. The service provides consistent care approaches and strong support for children with additional needs.
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
Akarangi · 2024-03-06
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Infants and toddlers experience a consistent approach to their care through daily conversations between parents and teachers. Children with additional learning needs are well-supported to achieve their goals through learning-focussed partnerships between teachers, parents, and external agencies."
Consistent care approaches and strong support for children with additional needs evident.
"Infants and toddlers experience a consistent approach to their care through daily conversations between parents and teachers. Children with additional learning needs are well-supported to achieve their goals through learning-focussed partnerships between teachers, parents, and external agencies."
Daily conversations and collaborative partnerships with families established.
"The service is yet to implement strategies so that all children, including Māori and Pacific children, see and hear their culture, language and identity reflected in the curriculum."
Strategies for reflecting Māori and Pacific cultures in curriculum not yet implemented.
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Management assurance confirms legal health and safety obligations met.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Source: Education Review Office review of Bay Buddies Preschool dated 2024-03-06, 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 Bay Buddies Preschool 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
110 Tomoana Road, St Leonards-Napier/Hastings. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Bay Buddies Preschool a free kindergarten?
- Bay Buddies Preschool is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Bay Buddies Preschool?
- 35 children attend Bay Buddies Preschool (roll year 2025).
- Where is Bay Buddies Preschool?
- 110 Tomoana Road St Leonards-Napier/Hastings Hastings 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 #30208) ↗ · 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.