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Helen Deem Kindergarten

Kindergarten

81 Forbury Road, St Clair · Dunedin City

ERO assessed Helen Deem Kindergarten as Not well placed in February 2020. Our analysis of the ERO report graded the service as B across all four dimensions: Curriculum & learning, Children's wellbeing, Whānau partnership, and Leadership & governance.

AI-generated summary of this centre's ERO review data — verify against the ERO report below. How summaries are generated.

Total roll
43
2025
Under 2s
20 Hours ECE
MOE #
5497

Roll breakdown

By age

By ethnicity

Note: a child may be counted under multiple ethnicities (total may exceed roll).

Operator

Standalone

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ERO review

Education Review · 2020-02-19

ERO's overall judgement
Not well placed
Review is 6 years old. ERO reassesses most services on a 3-year cycle, so a current review is likely in progress or recently due. Per-dimension grades below reflect this review's prose — they're useful as historical context but the centre's current quality may differ.
Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
B
"Children experience a broad curriculum which effectively supports many of the kindergarten's learning priorities for children. They have meaningful opportunities to learn alongside and with each other."

Broad, effective curriculum supports learning priorities and peer learning.

Children's wellbeing
B
"Excursions in the local community, co-construction of the learning environment and predictable daily routines and practices support children to develop a sense of belonging."

Community engagement and routines support sense of belonging and wellbeing.

Whānau partnership
B
"Effective learning-centred partnerships with parents and families enhance children's learning. Teachers are increasingly sharing their curriculum principles and priorities with parents and working with them to co-construct relevant learning goals for children."

Effective partnerships; parents involved in co-constructing learning goals.

Bicultural practice

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Health & safety

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Leadership & governance
B
"Teachers collaborate effectively for the planning, delivery and evaluation of the kindergarten's curriculum. They take collective ownership for promoting positive outcomes for all children and share in the planning for individuals and groups of children."

Effective teacher collaboration and collective ownership of curriculum planning.

Source: Education Review Office review of Helen Deem Kindergarten dated 2020-02-19, 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 computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Helen Deem Kindergarten 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.

68 / 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%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
66
est
Leadership
15%
Grade B · below band median (n=2400)
70
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
Bicultural Practice
12.5%
Estimated from national average · near band median (n=2375)
64
est

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

81 Forbury Road, St Clair. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Helen Deem Kindergarten a free kindergarten?
Helen Deem Kindergarten is a Free Kindergarten. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds — you may also be eligible for FamilyBoost and Childcare Subsidy.
What's the roll at Helen Deem Kindergarten?
43 children attend Helen Deem Kindergarten (roll year 2025).
Where is Helen Deem Kindergarten?
81 Forbury Road St Clair Dunedin City

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Data sources & freshness (4 sources · last refresh 12 July 2026)

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

Annual financial returns (community-based + umbrella orgs)

As of: 545 centres covered· Refresh: Annual filings · re-ingested with each refresh

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

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.