Gonville Kindergarten
Kindergarten
86 Alma Road, Gonville · Whanganui District
ERO assessed Gonville Kindergarten as Not well placed in its 2019 review. Our analysis of the ERO report found strengths in bicultural practice (A grade) and solid performance in children's wellbeing, whānau partnership, and curriculum and learning (all B grades). The service showed warm relationships with families and strong promotion of Māori culture, though curriculum assessment and planning consistency was still developing.
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
Whānau Manaaki Kindergartens Cultural & rohe
ERO operator-wide review
Governing Organisation Evaluation · 2024-12-20 · covers the wider operator group
ERO's most recent review for this centre is an operator-wide review — ERO has chosen to review the parent group rather than this centre individually. The findings apply across all centres in the group.
Source: Education Review Office operator-wide review dated 2024-12-20, licensed CC-BY 4.0.
Earlier individual centre review
Education Review · 2019-05-24· superseded by operator-wide review above
"Learning stories identify children's interests and dispositions and are beginning to inform planning. Consistency of practice in relation to children's assessments is growing across the teaching team."
Assessment and planning developing; consistency growing across team.
"Children's sense of belonging is nurtured during and after transitions into the service and when moving to school. Children have many opportunities to experience the school environment and to interact with students and teachers."
Strong transitions and belonging; relationships warm and responsive.
"Teachers' relationships with parents and families are warm and responsive. Manaakitanga is central to interactions. There is a sense of whānau and friendship."
Warm, responsive relationships with families; strong whānau connection.
"The culture, language and identity of Māori children is highly promoted in an environment that is steeped in te ao Māori. Teachers successfully incorporate the skills and expertise that whānau Māori bring to the kindergarten. Collaboration with iwi is evident in the curriculum."
Māori culture highly promoted; iwi collaboration evident in curriculum.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Source: Education Review Office review of Gonville Kindergarten dated 2019-05-24, 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 Gonville Kindergarten 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
86 Alma Road, Gonville. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Gonville Kindergarten a free kindergarten?
- Gonville Kindergarten is a Free Kindergarten. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds — you may also be eligible for FamilyBoost and Childcare Subsidy.
- What's the roll at Gonville Kindergarten?
- 40 children attend Gonville Kindergarten (roll year 2025).
- Where is Gonville Kindergarten?
- 86 Alma Road Gonville Whanganui District
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #5240) ↗ · 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
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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
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