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Crackerjax Early Learning Centre

Education & Care

📞 03-4885333

2 Westland Street, Green Island · Dunedin City

Total roll
42
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
45462

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 · 2025-08-14

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Children's wellbeing
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
→C
"increasing the use of te reo Māori and tikanga Māori in day-to-day teaching practice"

Te reo Māori and tikanga identified as key next step for development.

Health & safety
B
"Health and safety procedures and practices are implemented and monitored."

Health and safety procedures implemented and monitored to meet standards.

Leadership & governance
C
"Suitable human resources and internal evaluation processes are being established."

Leadership systems being established; staff turnover and recent ownership change noted.

Source: Education Review Office review of Crackerjax Early Learning Centre dated 2025-08-14, 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 Crackerjax 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.

66 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=2425)
71
est
Wellbeing
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=1871)
74
est
Health & Safety
20%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
70
Leadership
15%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=2400)
50
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

2 Westland Street, Green Island. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Crackerjax Early Learning Centre a free kindergarten?
Crackerjax 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 Crackerjax Early Learning Centre?
42 children attend Crackerjax Early Learning Centre (roll year 2025).
Where is Crackerjax Early Learning Centre?
2 Westland Street Green Island Dunedin City

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Nearby & related

Abbotsford Kindergarten 0.2 km
kindergarten
Green Island Kindergarten 0.5 km
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Play and Learn ECE - Fairfield 2.4 km
education and care
Concord Kindergarten 2.9 km
kindergarten
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Sources & verification

Every fact on this page links back to its government source. Verify directly:

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.