Geraldine Preschool Incorporated
Education & Care
6 High Street, Geraldine · Timaru District
Geraldine Preschool Incorporated is an education and care service located in Geraldine. Our analysis of the ERO report identified strengths in children's wellbeing, with responsive care and language-rich environments, and in leadership and governance, with improvement-focused leaders and aligned professional learning.
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 · 2023-05-11
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Infants and toddlers are well cared for by responsive teachers. Social competence and language-rich experiences are evident in the learning environments. Children are calm and settled, they have a wide choice from intentionally and well-resourced learning environments."
Responsive care, calm settled children, language-rich environments evident.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Leaders are improvement focused. There are regular opportunities for professional learning and development that are aligned to service priorities. A pedagogical leader supports teachers with their professional growth cycles and has implemented new systems and processes that have a clear focus on ongoing improvement."
Improvement-focused leaders; aligned professional learning; new systems implemented.
Source: Education Review Office review of Geraldine Preschool Incorporated dated 2023-05-11, 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 computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Geraldine Preschool Incorporated 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
6 High Street, Geraldine. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Geraldine Preschool Incorporated a free kindergarten?
- Geraldine Preschool Incorporated is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Geraldine Preschool Incorporated?
- 72 children attend Geraldine Preschool Incorporated (roll year 2025).
- Where is Geraldine Preschool Incorporated?
- 6 High Street Geraldine Timaru 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 #70359) ↗ · 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.