Genius Early Years Waikato
Home-based
11 Buchanan Street, Matamata North · Matamata-Piako District
Genius Early Years Waikato is a home-based service with 40 children. Our analysis of the ERO report identified strong whānau partnership practice through daily contact and learning-focused relationships with parents (grade B). Bicultural practice and leadership & governance both require further development, with opportunities to strengthen te ao Māori integration and internal evaluation processes.
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 · 2023-02-14
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Daily contact in the homebased setting enables parents and educators to regularly discuss the child, their aspirations for learning and develop learning focussed relationships."
Daily contact enables regular discussion and learning-focused relationships with parents.
"Continuing to build their and educator confidence and capability to integrate te ao Māori within the curriculum, requires further, focussed attention."
Te ao Māori integration developing but requires focused attention and capability building.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Effective internal evaluation that focusses on outcomes for children is not yet well understood or implemented across the organisation."
Internal evaluation processes underdeveloped; need clearer strategic focus on outcomes.
Source: Education Review Office review of Genius Early Years Waikato dated 2023-02-14, 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 computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Genius Early Years Waikato 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.
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
11 Buchanan Street, Matamata North. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Genius Early Years Waikato a free kindergarten?
- Genius Early Years Waikato 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 Waikato?
- 40 children attend Genius Early Years Waikato (roll year 2025).
- Where is Genius Early Years Waikato?
- 11 Buchanan Street Matamata North Matamata-Piako 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 #47212) ↗ · 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.