Harewood Playcentre
Playcentre
709 Harewood Road, Harewood · Christchurch City
Roll breakdown
By age
By ethnicity
Note: a child may be counted under multiple ethnicities (total may exceed roll).
Operator
Playcentre Aotearoa Cultural & rohe
ERO review
Education Review · 2025-07-17
"Assessment and planning documentation require further strengthening in order to better identify children's learning over time and improved outcomes."
Assessment and programme planning need strengthening; next steps for children's learning not clearly documented.
"Children are confident, happy and are encouraged to work at their own pace. They are given the freedom and time to explore. This allows them to be purposeful and experience uninterrupted play. Good relationships are evident among children, who know each other well and develop strong friendships with one another."
Children confident and happy; strong peer relationships; good transitions to school supported.
"Parents highly value the playcentre as a place to meet other community members and develop friendships. They have strong connections with each other and feel well supported within the cooperative."
Parents feel well supported; strong community connections; regular school involvement for transition support.
"The areas for development in that review remain as next steps for improvement: building leadership and bicultural practices"
Bicultural practices identified as area needing development; remains unresolved from 2014 review.
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Reported ratios better than minimum; assurance statement completed; systems reviewed for high-impact areas.
"The playcentre needs to develop strategic planning that identifies key priorities for improvement and provides clear directions for the future. The process for internal evaluation is at an early stage of development and needs to be improved."
Strategic planning weak; internal evaluation processes underdeveloped; leadership capacity needs building.
Source: Education Review Office review of Harewood Playcentre dated 2025-07-17, 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 computedThe 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
709 Harewood Road, Harewood. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Harewood Playcentre a free kindergarten?
- Harewood Playcentre is a Playcentre service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Harewood Playcentre?
- 25 children attend Harewood Playcentre (roll year 2025).
- Where is Harewood Playcentre?
- 709 Harewood Road Harewood Christchurch 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 #70064) ↗ · 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.