Doubtless Bay Kindergarten
Kindergarten
5 E Mamaru Road, Doubtless Bay · Far North District
ERO assessed Doubtless Bay Kindergarten as Not well placed in December 2016. Our analysis of the ERO report identified strengths in curriculum and leadership, but significant concerns in health and safety compliance, particularly police vetting requirements under the Vulnerable Children's Act. Bicultural practice was identified as an area requiring development.
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
Northland Kindergarten Association Cultural & rohe
ERO operator-wide review
Governing Organisation · 2024-07-25 · covers the wider operator group
ERO's most recent review for this centre is an operator-wide review — ERO has chosen to review the parent group rather than this centre individually. The findings apply across all centres in the group.
Source: Education Review Office operator-wide review dated 2024-07-25, licensed CC-BY 4.0.
Earlier individual centre review
ERO Review · 2016-12-05· superseded by operator-wide review above
"Teachers provide a high quality, child-led programme underpinned by the principles of Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum."
High quality programme with Te Whāriki principles; developing bicultural elements.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"They are increasingly including aspects of te ao Māori in the programme."
Bicultural elements developing; identified as next step for improvement.
"ERO identified an area of non-compliance. The board and manager should ensure the practices and procedures for police vetting meet the requirements of the Vulnerable Children's Act."
Non-compliance with police vetting requirements under Vulnerable Children's Act.
"The head teacher provides strong professional leadership and has developed positive relationships with parents, whānau and the community. Regular professional learning and development helps teachers to extend their skills and knowledge."
Strong professional leadership; regular PLD; internal evaluation well established.
Source: Education Review Office review of Doubtless Bay Kindergarten dated 2016-12-05, 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 2 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.
Composite score
How this is computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Doubtless Bay Kindergarten 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
5 E Mamaru Road, Doubtless Bay. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Doubtless Bay Kindergarten a free kindergarten?
- Doubtless Bay Kindergarten is a Free Kindergarten. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds — you may also be eligible for FamilyBoost and Childcare Subsidy.
- What's the roll at Doubtless Bay Kindergarten?
- 30 children attend Doubtless Bay Kindergarten (roll year 2025).
- Where is Doubtless Bay Kindergarten?
- 5 E Mamaru Road Doubtless Bay Far North District
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #5002) ↗ · 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
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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
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.