Grow Active Essex Street
Education & Care
29 Essex Street, Philipstown · Christchurch City
Our analysis of the May 2024 ERO report shows Grow Active Essex Street received B grades for children's wellbeing, whānau partnership, and leadership & governance. Bicultural practice was graded C, with the report noting that bicultural curriculum requires further development and te reo Māori use is limited.
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 · 2024-05-02
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Infants and toddlers experience calm and unhurried routines. Teachers are responsive to their verbal and non-verbal cues. Older children benefit from teachers with expertise in early intervention."
Calm routines, responsive teaching, specialized expertise in early intervention evident.
"Parents and whānau have regular opportunities to contribute to the curriculum. They share their home languages and engage in kai and cultural celebrations."
Regular contribution opportunities; home language and cultural engagement evident.
"The bicultural curriculum requires further development. Aspects of tikanga Māori are evident in practice. Some use of te reo Māori is evident in practice and in some assessment documentation."
Bicultural curriculum requires further development; limited te reo Māori use evident.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Leaders are improvement focussed. Professional development is provided to build leadership capability. There are planned opportunities to share learning among the teaching and leadership team. Teachers are supported in their personal growth cycles by the leadership team."
Improvement-focused leaders; professional development provided; planned learning-sharing opportunities.
Source: Education Review Office review of Grow Active Essex Street dated 2024-05-02, 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 2 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.
Composite score
How this is computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Grow Active Essex Street 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
29 Essex Street, Philipstown. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Grow Active Essex Street a free kindergarten?
- Grow Active Essex Street is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Grow Active Essex Street?
- 100 children attend Grow Active Essex Street (roll year 2025).
- Where is Grow Active Essex Street?
- 29 Essex Street Philipstown Christchurch City
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #47841) ↗ · 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.