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Footsteps Adventist Early Learning Centre

Education & Care

📞 06-3575827

86/90 Pitt Street, Palmerston North Central · Palmerston North City

Total roll
54
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
48056

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 · 2025-11-19

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
B
"Children experience a curriculum that is consistent with Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum. Adults providing education and care engage in meaningful positive interactions. Children are viewed as competent and confident learners."

Curriculum meets Te Whāriki standards with positive teaching interactions observed.

Children's wellbeing
B
"Children are viewed as competent and confident learners. Their preferences are respected, and they are involved in decisions about their learning experiences."

Children's agency and confidence supported; preferences respected in learning.

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
C
"The curriculum respects and supports the right of each child to be confident in their own culture."

Cultural respect present but limited specific detail on Te Reo or tikanga implementation.

Health & safety
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Leadership & governance
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Source: Education Review Office review of Footsteps Adventist Early Learning Centre dated 2025-11-19, 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 Footsteps Adventist Early Learning Centre 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.

66 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2425)
70
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%
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

86/90 Pitt Street, Palmerston North Central. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Footsteps Adventist Early Learning Centre a free kindergarten?
Footsteps Adventist Early Learning Centre is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Footsteps Adventist Early Learning Centre?
54 children attend Footsteps Adventist Early Learning Centre (roll year 2025).
Where is Footsteps Adventist Early Learning Centre?
86/90 Pitt Street Palmerston North Central Palmerston North 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.