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Genius Early Years

Home-based

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52 Queens Drive, Lower Hutt

Genius Early Years is a home-based service in Lower Hutt with a current roll of 50 children. Our analysis of the ERO report (February 2023) shows strengths in whānau partnership and health & safety practices (both grade B), while bicultural practice and leadership & governance require further development (both grade C). The service established regular, learning-focused relationships with families, though te ao Māori integration and internal evaluation processes need additional focus.

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

Total roll
50
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
30305

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 · 2023-02-15

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
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Whānau partnership
B
"Daily contact in the homebased setting enables parents and educators to regularly discuss the child, their aspirations for learning and develop learning-focussed relationships."

Regular discussions and learning-focused relationships established daily.

Bicultural practice
→C
"Continuing to build their own confidence and capability to integrate te ao Māori within the curriculum, requires further focussed attention."

Culturally responsive; te ao Māori integration requires further focused attention.

Health & safety
B
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."

Compliance addressed; systems in place for health and safety management.

Leadership & governance
→C
"Effective internal evaluation that focusses on outcomes for children is not yet well understood or implemented across the organisation."

Internal evaluation not yet well understood or implemented across organisation.

Source: Education Review Office review of Genius Early Years dated 2023-02-15, 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 Genius Early Years 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%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=2425)
71
est
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 C · bottom 10% of band (n=2400)
50
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
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.

Frequently asked

Is Genius Early Years a free kindergarten?
Genius Early Years is a Home-based service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Genius Early Years?
50 children attend Genius Early Years (roll year 2025).
Where is Genius Early Years?
52 Queens Drive Lower Hutt

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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.