Curious Minds Early Learning Island Bay
Education & Care
112 The Parade, Island Bay · Wellington City
Curious Minds Early Learning Island Bay is an education and care service for 106 children in Island Bay. Our analysis of the ERO report identifies strengths in play-based curriculum delivery and children's wellbeing, with warm relationships and good support for language and physical development. The report notes that bicultural practice is emerging, with limited te reo Māori use and an identified need to strengthen partnership with whānau Māori.
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
Standalone
Cultural & rohe
ERO review
Akarangi · 2023-03-28
"Children learn in a play-based curriculum aligned with Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum. Teachers provide a wide range of activities that support and extend their strengths and interests."
Play-based Te Whāriki curriculum evident; wide range of activities supporting strengths and interests.
"Infants and toddlers benefit from warm, responsive relationships with teachers. They explore and learn in a calm, purposefully designed environment. They are well supported to develop their oral language and physical skills."
Warm relationships, calm environment, strong support for language and physical development.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Aspects of tikanga Māori are beginning to be integrated into the curriculum. There are limited opportunities for children to hear and use te reo Māori. It is timely to involve whānau Māori, and work in partnership to define what educational success looks like for their children in this context."
Tikanga integration emerging; limited te reo Māori; partnership with whānau Māori needed.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Management are improvement focused. They allocate resources in ways that clearly align to the service philosophy, values, and goals. Robust systems and processes support the day-to-day management of the service."
Improvement-focused management; aligned resource allocation; robust systems in place.
Source: Education Review Office review of Curious Minds Early Learning Island Bay dated 2023-03-28, 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 computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Curious Minds Early Learning Island Bay 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
112 The Parade, Island Bay. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Curious Minds Early Learning Island Bay a free kindergarten?
- Curious Minds Early Learning Island Bay is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Curious Minds Early Learning Island Bay?
- 106 children attend Curious Minds Early Learning Island Bay (roll year 2025).
- Where is Curious Minds Early Learning Island Bay?
- 112 The Parade Island Bay Wellington City
How much will this cost you? Use our FamilyBoost + Childcare Subsidy calculator to estimate your weekly out-of-pocket after government support.
Nearby & related
Compare Curious Minds Early Learning Island Bay side-by-side with another centre →
Find your zoned schools near Island Bay
Our sister site schoolsnearme.co.nz covers every NZ primary, intermediate and secondary school with ERO reports, financials, and statutory-manager alerts. Enter your address to see which schools you're zoned for.
Sources & verification
Every fact on this page links back to its government source. Verify directly:
- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #45836) ↗ · 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
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)
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
Last build refresh: . See full methodology + data sources pages for licences, refresh cadences, and known gaps.