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Chuckles Learning Centre

Education & Care

📞 06-8700178 ✉ Email centre

127 Main Road, Clive · Hastings District

Total roll
30
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
55307

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 · 2026-04-22

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
↓B
"Teachers work in partnership with whānau and their children to provide a curriculum that is responsive to their needs and interests."

Responsive curriculum evident; Te Whāriki understanding developing but not yet guiding assessment.

Children's wellbeing
↓B
"Children are empowered to lead their own learning in an inclusive learning environment."

Inclusive environment with child empowerment; assessment beginning to recognise cultural identities.

Whānau partnership
↓B
"Teachers work in partnership with whānau and their children to provide a curriculum that is responsive to their needs and interests."

Partnership approach evident in curriculum co-design and responsiveness.

Bicultural practice
↓B
"Māori children and whānau have opportunities to contribute to the curriculum in meaningful ways. Aspects of tikanga Māori are visible within the environment."

Meaningful Māori engagement; tikanga visible; cultural identity acknowledgement beginning in assessment.

Health & safety
B
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."

Legal compliance addressed; previous non-compliances resolved; systems in place.

Leadership & governance
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Source: Education Review Office review of Chuckles Learning Centre dated 2026-04-22, 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 computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Chuckles 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.

69 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2425)
70
Wellbeing
20%
Grade B · bottom 10% of band (n=1871)
70
Health & Safety
20%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
70
Leadership
15%
Estimated from national average · below band median (n=2400)
66
est
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
Bicultural Practice
12.5%
Grade B · near band median (n=2375)
70

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

127 Main Road, Clive. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Chuckles Learning Centre a free kindergarten?
Chuckles Learning Centre is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Chuckles Learning Centre?
30 children attend Chuckles Learning Centre (roll year 2025).
Where is Chuckles Learning Centre?
127 Main Road Clive Hastings District

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Sources & verification

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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)
MoE ECE Directory

Service type, address, roll, ethnicity, Equity Index, 20 Hours, Takiwā, lat/lng

As of: Roll year 2025· Refresh: Nightly source · re-pulled on every deploy
Charities Services

Annual financial returns (community-based + umbrella orgs)

As of: 545 centres covered· Refresh: Annual filings · re-ingested with each refresh
ERO reports

Per-centre review reports + 6-dimension letter grades (curriculum / wellbeing / whānau / bicultural / health & safety / leadership)

As of: 10,663 reports / 4,194 centres · latest review 2026-05-18· Refresh: On review publication · CC-BY 4.0 attribution
Suburb context

Safety score, crime/1k, 2023 Census demographics

As of: 2023 Census· Refresh: Quarterly police data · 5-yearly census

Last build refresh: . See full methodology + data sources pages for licences, refresh cadences, and known gaps.