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Cornerstone Christian Early Learning Centre Middleton

Education & Care

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73 Suva Street, Upper Riccarton · Christchurch City

Total roll
50
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
70385

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 · 2025-04-29

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
B
"The service consistently implements a responsive curriculum in a well-resourced environment. There is a balance of play-based and teacher led-learning, with a strong focus on literacy."

Responsive curriculum with balanced play-based and teacher-led learning; strong literacy focus.

Children's wellbeing
B
"Children with additional needs and those who are transitioning to the local primary school are well supported."

Good support for children with additional needs and school transitions.

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
↓C
"Kaiako are continuing to build their understanding of te ao Māori and their confidence in using te reo Māori in the daily programme."

Continuing to build understanding; still developing confidence in te reo Māori use.

Health & safety
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Leadership & governance
B
"Leaders and kaiako are highly reflective and collaborative. Team inquiry and research leads to ongoing improvement and has a focus on improving outcomes for children."

Reflective and collaborative leadership; team inquiry drives ongoing improvement.

Source: Education Review Office review of Cornerstone Christian Early Learning Centre Middleton dated 2025-04-29, 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 Cornerstone Christian Early Learning Centre Middleton 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.

67 / 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%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
66
est
Leadership
15%
Grade B · below band median (n=2400)
70
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
est
Bicultural Practice
12.5%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=2375)
50

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

73 Suva Street, Upper Riccarton. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Cornerstone Christian Early Learning Centre Middleton a free kindergarten?
Cornerstone Christian Early Learning Centre Middleton is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Cornerstone Christian Early Learning Centre Middleton?
50 children attend Cornerstone Christian Early Learning Centre Middleton (roll year 2025).
Where is Cornerstone Christian Early Learning Centre Middleton?
73 Suva Street Upper Riccarton Christchurch City

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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.