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Crossroads Early Childhood Centre Trust

Education & Care

220 Church Street, West End · Palmerston North City

Crossroads Early Childhood Centre Trust is an education and care service in West End, Palmerston North with a current roll of 45 children. Our analysis of the ERO report identifies strengths in curriculum and learning (intentional use of Te Whāriki), children's wellbeing, whānau partnership, health and safety, and leadership. Bicultural practice, including te reo, tikanga, and mana whenua acknowledgement, is emerging and developing.

AI-generated summary of this centre's ERO review data — verify against the ERO report below. How summaries are generated.

Total roll
45
2025
Under 2s
20 Hours ECE
MOE #
40249

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 · 2024-08-16

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
B
"Kaiako are increasingly intentional in using the learning outcomes in Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum to inform the experiences provided."

Intentional use of Te Whāriki emerging; group planning responsive to children's interests.

Children's wellbeing
B
"Tamariki show a strong sense of whanaungatanga."

Strong social-emotional connections; positive, responsive relationships demonstrated.

Whānau partnership
B
"Parent and whānau aspirations are gathered and inform how kaiako plan to extend the learning of each tamaiti. These partnerships with whānau are learning-focused and anchored in relational trust."

Family aspirations gathered; learning-focused partnerships with relational trust established.

Bicultural practice
C
"Te reo Māori and tikanga Māori are naturally included in routines and rituals."

Te reo and tikanga present but emerging; mana whenua acknowledgement still developing.

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."

Service attested to meeting legal obligations; assurance processes completed.

Leadership & governance
B
"Management systems effectively contribute to the service achieving its strategic direction, vision, and improvement goals. The wellbeing and learning of tamariki are prioritised in decision-making."

Strategic direction clear; systems effective; internal evaluation development area identified.

Source: Education Review Office review of Crossroads Early Childhood Centre Trust dated 2024-08-16, 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
68 / 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%
Grade B · below band median (n=2400)
70
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
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

220 Church Street, West End. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Operator financials

Year ended2024-12-31
Total revenue$483,454
Surplus / deficit$-79,850
Paid employees11

Source: Charities Services Annual Return

Frequently asked

Is Crossroads Early Childhood Centre Trust a free kindergarten?
Crossroads Early Childhood Centre Trust is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Crossroads Early Childhood Centre Trust?
45 children attend Crossroads Early Childhood Centre Trust (roll year 2025).
Where is Crossroads Early Childhood Centre Trust?
220 Church Street West End Palmerston North City

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Sources & verification

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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

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

Annual financial returns (community-based + umbrella orgs)

As of: 2024-12-31· Refresh: Annual filings · re-ingested with each refresh

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

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.