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Brightlands Childcare Centre, Vickery Street

Education & Care

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53 Vickery Street, Te Rapa · Hamilton City

Total roll
75
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
45519

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 · 2025-04-24

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Children's wellbeing
B
"Adults providing education and care engage in meaningful and positive interactions to enhance learning and support the development of social competence."

Positive interactions support social-emotional development and competence.

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
C
"increasing opportunities children have to hear and speak te reo Māori in meaningful learning contexts strengthening the extent to which information documented about children learning reflects their identity, home language and culture"

Te reo Māori and cultural identity documentation identified as areas for development.

Health & safety
B
"At the time of the review, ERO found the service was taking reasonable steps to meet regulatory standards."

Service meets regulatory health and safety standards.

Leadership & governance
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Source: Education Review Office review of Brightlands Childcare Centre, Vickery Street dated 2025-04-24, 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 Brightlands Childcare Centre, Vickery Street 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.

67 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=2425)
71
est
Wellbeing
20%
Grade B · bottom 10% of band (n=1871)
70
Health & Safety
20%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
70
Leadership
15%
Estimated from national average · below band median (n=2400)
66
est
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
est
Bicultural Practice
12.5%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=2375)
50

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

53 Vickery Street, Te Rapa. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Brightlands Childcare Centre, Vickery Street a free kindergarten?
Brightlands Childcare Centre, Vickery Street is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Brightlands Childcare Centre, Vickery Street?
75 children attend Brightlands Childcare Centre, Vickery Street (roll year 2025).
Where is Brightlands Childcare Centre, Vickery Street?
53 Vickery Street Te Rapa Hamilton City

How much will this cost you? Use our FamilyBoost + Childcare Subsidy calculator to estimate your weekly out-of-pocket after government support.

Nearby & related

Sunshine Childcare on Vickery 0.1 km
education and care
Te Rapa Early Education Centre 0.2 km
education and care
Little Legends Pukete Ltd 0.7 km
education and care
Pukete Kindergarten 0.7 km
kindergarten
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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.