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Dunstan Educare

Education & Care

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25 Ngapara Street, Alexandra North · Central Otago District

Total roll
40
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
80050

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 · 2026-03-04

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
B
"Tamariki have good opportunities to explore, be curious through the curriculum provided. They develop warm, responsive relationships with other tamariki and kaiako. Infants and toddlers are well supported in a calm, slow paced learning environment by kaiako who are responsive to their needs."

Warm relationships, responsive environments, calm pacing supports wellbeing effectively.

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
C
"Leaders are establishing relationships with local iwi. Te ao Māori is visible within the learning environment. Leaders and kaiako integrate some te reo me ngā tikanga Māori in the daily curriculum. Increasing the frequency and complexity of reo Māori in meaningful ways is required for tamariki to experience a rich bicultural curriculum."

Establishing iwi relationships; visible te ao Māori; needs more frequent, complex te reo integration.

Health & safety
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Leadership & governance
↓C
"Internal evaluation continues to be an area for ongoing improvement. While a useful framework is in place to guide the internal evaluation process it is not yet well understood by all kaiako."

Framework in place; evaluation capability needs development across all staff.

Source: Education Review Office review of Dunstan Educare dated 2026-03-04, 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 Dunstan Educare 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.

64 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=2425)
71
est
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 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

25 Ngapara Street, Alexandra North. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Dunstan Educare a free kindergarten?
Dunstan Educare is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Dunstan Educare?
40 children attend Dunstan Educare (roll year 2025).
Where is Dunstan Educare?
25 Ngapara Street Alexandra North Central Otago District

How much will this cost you? Use our FamilyBoost + Childcare Subsidy calculator to estimate your weekly out-of-pocket after government support.

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Sources & verification

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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.