Gracefield Early Childhood Centre
Education & Care
69 Gracefield Road, Lower Hutt CBD · Lower Hutt City
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 · 2025-04-02
"Children participate in a play-based curriculum that is responsive to their emerging interests. Teachers know children well, and work alongside them supporting and extending their learning."
Play-based, responsive curriculum evident but assessment of learning outcomes needs strengthening and meaningful use of
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Previously identified non-compliances addressed; safety checks and procedures in place; compliance achieved.
"Self-review is ongoing, responsive, and generally results in some improvement. A useful framework for internal evaluation is in place. However, understanding and use of the process requires further development. The management committee provides good oversight for centre operation. However, alignment of organisational factors such as long-term planning, appraisal, internal evaluation and management reporting has yet to be achieved to more strongly lead and sustain improvement over time."
Self-review framework in place but needs stronger alignment; internal evaluation process requires further development an
Source: Education Review Office review of Gracefield Early Childhood Centre dated 2025-04-02, 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 Gracefield Early Childhood Centre 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
69 Gracefield Road, Lower Hutt CBD. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Operator financials
Source: Charities Services Annual Return
Frequently asked
- Is Gracefield Early Childhood Centre a free kindergarten?
- Gracefield Early Childhood Centre is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Gracefield Early Childhood Centre?
- 40 children attend Gracefield Early Childhood Centre (roll year 2025).
- Where is Gracefield Early Childhood Centre?
- 69 Gracefield Road Lower Hutt CBD Lower Hutt City
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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 #60219) ↗ · CC-BY 4.0 via data.govt.nz
- ERO reviews: ERO institution page ↗ · Crown copyright (reuse permitted with attribution)
- Financials (2025-03-31): Charities Services Annual Return ↗ · CC-BY 4.0 via charities.govt.nz
- 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.