Elizabeth Avenue Childcare Centre
Education & Care
298 Fergusson Drive, Upper Hutt CBD · Upper Hutt City
Elizabeth Avenue Childcare Centre is an education and care service in Upper Hutt CBD with 37 children on roll. Our analysis of the ERO report shows the centre has strengths in curriculum and learning, children's wellbeing, health and safety, and leadership, though parent partnership in planning and bicultural practice are identified as areas for further 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
Standalone
Cultural & rohe
ERO review
Akarangi · 2022-12-08
"Children experience a play-based curriculum that respects their preferences and promotes their active participation in the learning programme. Teachers provide good support for them to develop their social and emotional competence and persevere in their play."
Play-based curriculum with good teacher support and active participation evident.
"Infants and toddlers experience a calm and settled learning environment that is well set up to meet their needs."
Calm, settled environment meeting children's developmental needs demonstrated.
"There is more work to do to support parent partnership in planning for learning."
Parent partnership in planning identified as an area requiring further development.
"They are at an early stage of developing and implementing a culturally responsive and localised approach with parents and whānau. Children have opportunities to learn about aspects of tikanga Māori and te reo Māori is evident in daily practice."
Early stage of culturally responsive approach; some tikanga and te reo evident in practice.
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Legal compliance confirmed through assurance statement and self-audit checklist.
"Governance and management systems are well established. A strategic plan provides direction for development and a well-defined leadership structure supports practice and operation."
Well-established governance, management systems, and strategic direction in place.
Source: Education Review Office review of Elizabeth Avenue Childcare Centre dated 2022-12-08, 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 computedThe 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
298 Fergusson Drive, Upper Hutt CBD. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Elizabeth Avenue Childcare Centre a free kindergarten?
- Elizabeth Avenue Childcare Centre is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Elizabeth Avenue Childcare Centre?
- 37 children attend Elizabeth Avenue Childcare Centre (roll year 2025).
- Where is Elizabeth Avenue Childcare Centre?
- 298 Fergusson Drive Upper Hutt CBD Upper Hutt City
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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 #60366) ↗ · 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.