Heretaunga Kindergarten
Kindergarten
9 Ruru Crescent, Heretaunga · Upper Hutt City
ERO assessed Heretaunga Kindergarten as Not well placed in 2017. Our analysis of the ERO report found B grades across curriculum and learning, whānau partnership, bicultural practice, health and safety, and leadership and governance, with notes identifying areas for further development in leadership self-review and Pacific strategies.
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
Whānau Manaaki Kindergartens Cultural & rohe
ERO operator-wide review
Governing Organisation Evaluation · 2024-12-20 · covers the wider operator group
ERO's most recent review for this centre is an operator-wide review — ERO has chosen to review the parent group rather than this centre individually. The findings apply across all centres in the group.
Source: Education Review Office operator-wide review dated 2024-12-20, licensed CC-BY 4.0.
Earlier individual centre review
ERO review · 2017-05-29· superseded by operator-wide review above
"Planning and assessment is informed by Te Manawa. It focuses on children's emerging interests based on Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum, and is guided by the kindergarten's priorities for children's learning."
Effective curriculum implementation with Te Whāriki integration and assessment practices.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"This is shared with parents and whānau. Parent aspirations are acknowledged, valued and contribute to learning."
Effective parent communication and inclusion of family aspirations in learning.
"Teachers show an ongoing commitment to supporting Māori success. Te ao Māori perspectives are integrally woven into the programme. The language, culture and identity of Māori learners is respected."
Strong bicultural practice evident, with opportunity to further develop Pacific strategies.
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Compliance with legal requirements confirmed through assurance statement.
"Teachers continue to build their knowledge and understanding of self review. They have made significant progress since the previous ERO review. Teachers recognise, and ERO's evaluation affirms, that strengthening self-review processes to enable them to further inquire into their practice, is an important next step to support ongoing improvement."
Developing leadership with emerging self-review practices; further strengthening needed.
Source: Education Review Office review of Heretaunga Kindergarten dated 2017-05-29, 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 Heretaunga 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
9 Ruru Crescent, Heretaunga. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Heretaunga Kindergarten a free kindergarten?
- Heretaunga 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 Heretaunga Kindergarten?
- 39 children attend Heretaunga Kindergarten (roll year 2025).
- Where is Heretaunga Kindergarten?
- 9 Ruru Crescent Heretaunga Upper Hutt 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 #5319) ↗ · 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.