Gumboots & Grasshoppers Childcare & Learning Centre
Education & Care
708 Te Kowhai Road, Te Kōwhai · Waikato District
Gumboots & Grasshoppers Childcare & Learning Centre is an education and care service in Te Kōwhai with 98 children on roll. Our analysis of the October 2023 ERO report found the service graded B across children's wellbeing, health and safety, and leadership and governance. Children demonstrate belonging and positive social interactions in a calm, responsive environment, health and safety legal requirements are met, and professional learning supports ongoing improvement.
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 · 2023-10-30
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Children show a sense of belonging and demonstrate social skills in their interactions with others. Infants experience a calm and responsive environment."
Children demonstrate belonging and positive social interactions; calm responsive environment established.
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."
Legal compliance requirements met; assurance statement completed for health and safety areas.
"Relational trust and professional learning opportunities help leaders and teachers to collaborate and adapt their practice. Internal evaluation processes are leading to positive improvements."
Professional learning and internal evaluation supporting improvement; pedagogical knowledge development identified.
Source: Education Review Office review of Gumboots & Grasshoppers Childcare & Learning Centre dated 2023-10-30, 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 Gumboots & Grasshoppers Childcare & Learning 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
708 Te Kowhai Road, Te Kōwhai. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Gumboots & Grasshoppers Childcare & Learning Centre a free kindergarten?
- Gumboots & Grasshoppers Childcare & Learning Centre is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Gumboots & Grasshoppers Childcare & Learning Centre?
- 98 children attend Gumboots & Grasshoppers Childcare & Learning Centre (roll year 2025).
- Where is Gumboots & Grasshoppers Childcare & Learning Centre?
- 708 Te Kowhai Road Te Kōwhai Waikato 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 #47515) ↗ · 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.