CAS Early Learning Centre
Education & Care
12 Renfrew Street, Waikiwi · Invercargill City
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 · 2025-04-11
"The centre's priorities and expectations for learning are strongly aligned to Te Whāriki and the New Zealand Curriculum. Teachers' planning makes purposeful links to ensure children have varied opportunities to learn within a broad and flexible curriculum. Children experience meaningful and interesting learning contexts for literacy and numeracy. Teachers build children's knowledge and skills through purposeful conversations."
Strong Te Whāriki alignment, intentional teaching, purposeful learning experiences.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"They actively seek and value the aspirations of parents to further support their child's learning and sense of belonging."
Parents actively engaged, aspirations valued and incorporated into learning support.
"Leaders have identified the need to build their bi-cultural practice and increase the use of te reo and tikanga Māori in their planning, assessment and the daily programme."
Bicultural practice identified as developing area needing intentional improvement.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Source: Education Review Office review of CAS Early Learning Centre dated 2025-04-11, 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 CAS 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
12 Renfrew Street, Waikiwi. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is CAS Early Learning Centre a free kindergarten?
- CAS 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 CAS Early Learning Centre?
- 24 children attend CAS Early Learning Centre (roll year 2025).
- Where is CAS Early Learning Centre?
- 12 Renfrew Street Waikiwi Invercargill 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 #90038) ↗ · 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.