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First Years Baby Care

Education & Care

📞 06-9275402

44A Smithfield Road, Tawhero · Whanganui District

Total roll
20
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
47835

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 · 2024-05-14

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
C
"Curriculum Meeting"

Regulatory standard met but non-compliance identified in premises warrant of fitness affecting curriculum delivery space

Children's wellbeing
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
B
"Te ao Māori is integrated into daily practice and te reo Māori is heard and seen in the environment and within documentation."

Te ao Māori and te reo Māori consistently present in environment and practice.

Health & safety
B
"Health and safety procedures are monitored and consistently implemented."

Health and safety procedures monitored and consistently implemented.

Leadership & governance
B
"Effective governance and management systems are in place."

Effective governance and management systems established and functioning.

Source: Education Review Office review of First Years Baby Care dated 2024-05-14, 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 First Years Baby Care 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%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=2425)
50
Wellbeing
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=1871)
74
est
Health & Safety
20%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
70
Leadership
15%
Grade B · below band median (n=2400)
70
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
est
Bicultural Practice
12.5%
Grade B · near band median (n=2375)
70

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

44A Smithfield Road, Tawhero. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is First Years Baby Care a free kindergarten?
First Years Baby Care is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at First Years Baby Care?
20 children attend First Years Baby Care (roll year 2025).
Where is First Years Baby Care?
44A Smithfield Road Tawhero Whanganui District

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

Nearby & related

First Years Learning Centre 0.1 km
education and care
Harriette Vine Kindergarten 0.4 km
kindergarten
Gonville Kindergarten 0.6 km
kindergarten
Noah's Ark Early Learning Centre 0.8 km
education and care
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Sources & verification

Every fact on this page links back to its government source. Verify directly:

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)
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.