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.
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
Education Review · 2020-02-19
"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.
"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.
"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.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"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 computedOne 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.
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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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #5497) ↗ · 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
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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
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
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