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Farmyard Preschool

Education & Care

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44 Somme Road, Trentham · Upper Hutt City

Farmyard Preschool's most recent ERO review (October 2021) assessed children's wellbeing and health & safety practices as strong, with responsive care and well-established compliance systems. Our analysis of the ERO report identified bicultural practice as an area for development, with te reo and tikanga integration being inconsistent.

AI-generated summary of this centre's ERO review data — verify against the ERO report below. How summaries are generated.

Total roll
77
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
46925

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 · 2021-10-12

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
"Children are empowered to take increasing responsibility for their own learning and wellbeing. They play well together and with others."

Strong sense of belonging, positive peer relationships, and responsive care for infants and toddlers.

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
↓C
"Kaiako are yet to make visible in learning records: Māori learner success as Māori Pacific children succeeding as Pacific home languages and cultures of other children."

Te reo and tikanga integrated but inconsistently visible; specific promotion of Māori and Pacific learner success needed

Health & safety
B
"Effective systems and processes for monitoring and reporting all aspects relating to the operation of the service are well implemented."

Legal compliance systems well-established; monitoring and reporting practices effective.

Leadership & governance
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Source: Education Review Office review of Farmyard Preschool dated 2021-10-12, 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 computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Farmyard Preschool 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.

67 / 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%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
70
Leadership
15%
Estimated from national average · below band median (n=2400)
66
est
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

44 Somme Road, Trentham. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Farmyard Preschool a free kindergarten?
Farmyard Preschool is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Farmyard Preschool?
77 children attend Farmyard Preschool (roll year 2025).
Where is Farmyard Preschool?
44 Somme Road Trentham Upper Hutt City

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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.