Bunnies Childcare and Preschool
Education & Care
197 Thornton Road, Oaklands-St Kilda · Waipa District
Bunnies Childcare and Preschool is an education and care service in Oaklands-St Kilda. Our analysis of the ERO report identifies sound curriculum and learning practices with child-initiated and teacher-led play, strong partnerships with whānau, and established leadership with some inconsistency in internal evaluation across teams.
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 · 2024-02-27
"Children experience a curriculum that offers opportunities for child-initiated, and teacher led play and learning. Teachers draw on their reciprocal relationships with parents and children to support individual learning needs."
Sound curriculum with child-initiated and teacher-led play; assessment practices visible but Te Whāriki links variable.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Teachers draw on their reciprocal relationships with parents and children to support individual learning needs. Children are well known in the context of their families and wider community."
Strong reciprocal relationships with parents; families well-known; communication embedded in practice.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"A long serving and well-established leadership team supports a focus on improving teaching practice. Internal evaluation is not yet a consistent practice across all teaching spaces. Where it is working well an evaluation process is in place and multiple sources of evidence are gathered to inform actions for improvement."
Established leadership; inconsistent internal evaluation across teams; improvement actions identified.
Source: Education Review Office review of Bunnies Childcare and Preschool dated 2024-02-27, 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 Bunnies Childcare and 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
197 Thornton Road, Oaklands-St Kilda. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
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Frequently asked
- Is Bunnies Childcare and Preschool a free kindergarten?
- Bunnies Childcare and Preschool is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Bunnies Childcare and Preschool?
- 100 children attend Bunnies Childcare and Preschool (roll year 2025).
- Where is Bunnies Childcare and Preschool?
- 197 Thornton Road Oaklands-St Kilda Waipa 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 #34123) ↗ · 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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