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Grasshoppers Early Learning Centre Ltd

Education & Care

📞 07-8236755

4 Great Burke Street, Kaipaki · Waipa District

Total roll
65
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
45343

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 · 2025-10-21

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
→B
"Children play and learn within a curriculum that is increasingly consistent with Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum."

Curriculum developing with Te Whāriki alignment; play-based approach established.

Children's wellbeing
B
"Children experience a sense of belonging through responsive, respectful relationships with kaiako."

Strong relationships and belonging evident; responsive kaiako support wellbeing.

Whānau partnership
C
"Leaders are yet to connect with local iwi and draw on expertise from whānau Māori to contribute to the further design of a bicultural curriculum."

Partnership with Māori whānau developing; local iwi engagement still needed.

Bicultural practice
→C
"The service is working toward the integration of te reo and tikanga Māori into the curriculum."

Bicultural approach emerging; te reo and tikanga integration in progress.

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."

Legal compliance affirmed; systems for safety management reviewed.

Leadership & governance
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Source: Education Review Office review of Grasshoppers Early Learning Centre Ltd dated 2025-10-21, 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 computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Grasshoppers Early Learning Centre Ltd 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.

64 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2425)
70
Wellbeing
20%
Grade B · bottom 10% of band (n=1871)
70
Health & Safety
20%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
70
Leadership
15%
Estimated from national average · below band median (n=2400)
66
est
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=1880)
50
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.

Location

4 Great Burke Street, Kaipaki. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Grasshoppers Early Learning Centre Ltd a free kindergarten?
Grasshoppers Early Learning Centre Ltd is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Grasshoppers Early Learning Centre Ltd?
65 children attend Grasshoppers Early Learning Centre Ltd (roll year 2025).
Where is Grasshoppers Early Learning Centre Ltd?
4 Great Burke Street Kaipaki Waipa District

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Sources & verification

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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)
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.