Central Kids Kindergartens - Pūtauaki
Kindergarten
10 Marshall Street, Monika Reserve · Kawerau District
ERO assessed this service as Not well placed in its 2017 review. The service operates as a kindergarten with a roll of 40 children at Monika Reserve in Kawerau District.
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
Central Kids Kindergartens Cultural & rohe
ERO operator-wide review
Governing Organisation · 2024-02-28 · covers the wider operator group
ERO's most recent review for this centre is an operator-wide review — ERO has chosen to review the parent group rather than this centre individually. The findings apply across all centres in the group.
Source: Education Review Office operator-wide review dated 2024-02-28, licensed CC-BY 4.0.
Earlier individual centre review
ERO Review · 2017-10-31· superseded by operator-wide review above
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Children benefit from highly caring, responsive and respectful relationships with teachers."
Children experience caring relationships and teachers support their independence and interests.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"They effectively include aspects of te reo and tikanga Māori in daily routines and interactions. The Māori dimension in the kindergarten is strong."
Te reo and tikanga embedded daily; teachers undertaking Te Whatu Pokeka Māori assessment training.
"In these documents they attested that they have taken all reasonable steps to meet their legal obligations related to: curriculum premises and facilities health and safety practices governance, management and administration."
All legal requirements met; compliance verified through centre assurance and self-audit.
"The professional leader employed by the trust is providing highly effective and targeted leadership for the kindergarten and community."
Leadership is highly effective; significant improvements made from 2013 concerns to current practice.
Source: Education Review Office review of Central Kids Kindergartens - Pūtauaki dated 2017-10-31, 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 Central Kids Kindergartens - Pūtauaki 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
10 Marshall Street, Monika Reserve. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Central Kids Kindergartens - Pūtauaki a free kindergarten?
- Central Kids Kindergartens - Pūtauaki is a Free Kindergarten. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds — you may also be eligible for FamilyBoost and Childcare Subsidy.
- What's the roll at Central Kids Kindergartens - Pūtauaki?
- 40 children attend Central Kids Kindergartens - Pūtauaki (roll year 2025).
- Where is Central Kids Kindergartens - Pūtauaki?
- 10 Marshall Street Monika Reserve Kawerau 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 #5195) ↗ · 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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