Fairy Springs ELC
Education & Care
5 Isobel Street, Rotorua Central · Rotorua District
Fairy Springs ELC is an education and care service in Rotorua Central with a current roll of 80 children. Our analysis of the ERO report (January 2024) identifies strengths in whānau partnership, bicultural practice, and health and safety management, with grades of B in each area. Areas for development include curriculum and learning assessment alignment to Te Whāriki and leadership and governance evaluation practices, both graded C.
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 · 2024-01-31
"Assessment is not yet consistently aligned to the learning outcomes of Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum."
Assessment developing; not yet aligned to Te Whāriki outcomes consistently.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Kaiako authentically enact aspects of the centre philosophy and are actively working toward developing partnerships with whānau to meet the individual needs of tamariki. Kaiako prioritise kanohi ki te kanohi as a valued means of communication and information sharing that reflects Māori ways of being and doing."
Active partnership development; culturally responsive communication prioritised.
"Tamariki Māori experience a curriculum where their culture, language and identity are affirmed and valued. Surrounded by te ao Māori, Tamariki engage with wā whāriki, manaakitanga, waiata, pūrakau, hearing and speaking of te reo Māori."
Māori culture, language and identity well-affirmed; te ao Māori embedded.
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Management assured on legal requirements; systems reviewed and confirmed.
"Systems for strategic planning and internal evaluation are in place, however understanding of the role of evaluation to aid continual growth is yet to be fully established."
Systems in place but evaluation understanding developing; growth mindset emerging.
Source: Education Review Office review of Fairy Springs ELC dated 2024-01-31, 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 Fairy Springs ELC 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 Isobel Street, Rotorua Central. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Fairy Springs ELC a free kindergarten?
- Fairy Springs ELC is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Fairy Springs ELC?
- 80 children attend Fairy Springs ELC (roll year 2025).
- Where is Fairy Springs ELC?
- 5 Isobel Street Rotorua Central Rotorua District
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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 #30084) ↗ · 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.