Burwood Playcentre
Playcentre
241 New Brighton Road, Burwood · Christchurch City
Roll breakdown
By age
By ethnicity
Note: a child may be counted under multiple ethnicities (total may exceed roll).
Operator
Playcentre Aotearoa Cultural & rohe
ERO review
Education Review · 2025-07-17
"She is leading the implementation of a useful assessment and planning system that is helping parents provide a programme that supports and extends children's interests and learning."
Assessment and planning system implemented; parents support children's learning interests effectively.
"Children benefit from the positive relationships they have with each other and with the adults at the centre. The positive interactions between children and adults encourage cooperation and create a pleasant environment for play and learning."
Positive relationships and interactions create pleasant, cooperative learning environment for all children.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Māori children have opportunities to see and learn about Māori culture. Waiata and karakia are used in the sessions in meaningful contexts. Parents value bicultural development. They have begun to work on ways to build bicultural practice into learning programmes. They also need to consider including bicultural practice and their commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi partnership in the centre philosophy."
Emerging bicultural practice with waiata and karakia; needs stronger integration into philosophy and programmes.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Parents are invited to take the lead with internal evaluation. Reviews have led to improvements in parents' knowledge and this in turn has helped parents provide better learning opportunities for children."
Parent-led internal evaluation driving improvements; strategic direction developing through reflective practice.
Source: Education Review Office review of Burwood Playcentre dated 2025-07-17, 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 Burwood Playcentre 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
241 New Brighton Road, Burwood. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Burwood Playcentre a free kindergarten?
- Burwood Playcentre is a Playcentre service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Burwood Playcentre?
- 25 children attend Burwood Playcentre (roll year 2025).
- Where is Burwood Playcentre?
- 241 New Brighton Road Burwood Christchurch City
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Sources & verification
Every fact on this page links back to its government source. Verify directly:
- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #70030) ↗ · 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.