Funhouse Learning Centre
Education & Care
254 St Hill Street, Whanganui Central · Whanganui District
Funhouse Learning Centre received an Akarangi review in September 2024. Our analysis of the ERO report found the centre performed well across curriculum, children's wellbeing, whānau partnership, bicultural practice, and leadership, with grades of A in each area. However, the centre was graded C for health and safety due to non-compliance with safety check documentation and risk assessment recording requirements.
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 · 2024-09-03
"Children experience a highly engaging curriculum that promotes strong relationships with people, places and things."
Highly engaging curriculum with strong intentional teaching and Te Whāriki implementation.
"Infants and toddlers are provided with the opportunity and environment necessary for fostering emotional regulation and physical growth. They are nurtured through caring teacher interactions."
Strong emotional regulation support and caring interactions across all age groups.
"Partnership with parents and whānau is the foundation of individual assessment, planning and evaluation. Children are well known within the context of their whānau."
Partnerships are foundational to assessment; children well-known in whānau context.
"Te ao Māori continues to be meaningfully reflected through positive whānau relationships, the environment, daily curriculum and centre tikanga."
Te ao Māori meaningfully embedded across relationships, environment, curriculum, and tikanga.
"A detailed record of each component of a safety check must be kept, and the date on which each step was undertaken must be recorded, including the date of the risk assessment required to be completed after all relevant information is obtained."
Non-compliance identified with safety check documentation and risk assessment recording requirements.
"Distributed leadership is implemented to recognise and utilise the strengths of teachers, and there is a high level of trust among the staff. Well embedded systems and processes collectively promote and sustain ongoing improvement."
Distributed leadership with strong systems and processes promoting sustained improvement.
Source: Education Review Office review of Funhouse Learning Centre dated 2024-09-03, 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
254 St Hill Street, Whanganui Central. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Funhouse Learning Centre a free kindergarten?
- Funhouse Learning Centre is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Funhouse Learning Centre?
- 50 children attend Funhouse Learning Centre (roll year 2025).
- Where is Funhouse Learning Centre?
- 254 St Hill Street Whanganui Central Whanganui 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 #50021) ↗ · 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.