Buckle My Shoe Early Learning Centre
Education & Care
1007 Cameron Road, Gate Pa · Tauranga City
ERO reviewed this Gate Pa education and care service in December 2022. Our analysis of the ERO report found consistent B grades across curriculum and learning, children's wellbeing, whānau partnership, and health and safety. The service demonstrates intentional teaching alongside child-led learning, strong belonging for children, responsive transitions, and completed health and safety assurance.
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 · 2022-12-06
"Children lead their own learning. Teachers successfully use a range of intentional strategies that enable children to express and explore their theories about how the world works, and to problem solve."
Intentional teaching and child-led learning evident; Te Whāriki understanding still developing.
"A primary caregiving approach supports the social and emotional development of children through sustained one-on-one interactions with teachers. Transitions into the service support and cater to each child, parent and whānau. Children demonstrate a strong sense of belonging."
Strong sense of belonging, supported transitions, effective primary caregiving approach.
"Transitions into the service support and cater to each child, parent and whānau."
Transitions responsive to whānau; broader family partnership not explicitly evaluated.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Assurance statement completed; no non-compliance noted during review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Source: Education Review Office review of Buckle My Shoe Early Learning Centre dated 2022-12-06, 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 2 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.
Composite score
How this is computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Buckle My Shoe Early Learning Centre 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
1007 Cameron Road, Gate Pa. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
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Frequently asked
- Is Buckle My Shoe Early Learning Centre a free kindergarten?
- Buckle My Shoe Early Learning Centre is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Buckle My Shoe Early Learning Centre?
- 25 children attend Buckle My Shoe Early Learning Centre (roll year 2025).
- Where is Buckle My Shoe Early Learning Centre?
- 1007 Cameron Road Gate Pa Tauranga 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 #40311) ↗ · 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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