Hill Street Early Childhood Centre
Education & Care
66 Hill Street, Thorndon · Wellington City
Hill Street Early Childhood Centre is an education and care service in Thorndon with 27 children on roll. Our analysis of the ERO report identifies strong leadership and governance (grade A), with whānau partnership, bicultural practice, and health and safety all assessed as grade B. Families are actively involved in assessment and planning, and bicultural curriculum development is underway with expert support.
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 · 2024-07-05
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Assessment for learning actively involves children, parents, whānau and the teaching team to support individual children to meet their goals."
Families actively involved in assessment and planning; partnerships evident.
"Deepening their understanding of te ao Māori through external expertise, has enabled kaiako to provide a more responsive bicultural curriculum that reflects Māori values, te reo Māori and tikanga Māori."
Bicultural curriculum developing with expert support; mātauranga Māori integration planned.
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Legal compliance confirmed; no concerns noted in assurance statement.
"Strongly improvement focused leadership, well supported by governance with whānau input, promotes a culture of collaboration, inquiry and sustainability."
Strategic, improvement-focused leadership with strong governance and collaborative culture.
Source: Education Review Office review of Hill Street Early Childhood Centre dated 2024-07-05, 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 computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Hill Street Early Childhood 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
66 Hill Street, Thorndon. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Operator financials
Source: Charities Services Annual Return
Frequently asked
- Is Hill Street Early Childhood Centre a free kindergarten?
- Hill Street Early Childhood Centre is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Hill Street Early Childhood Centre?
- 27 children attend Hill Street Early Childhood Centre (roll year 2025).
- Where is Hill Street Early Childhood Centre?
- 66 Hill Street Thorndon Wellington 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 #60199) ↗ · CC-BY 4.0 via data.govt.nz
- ERO reviews: ERO institution page ↗ · Crown copyright (reuse permitted with attribution)
- Financials (2025-03-31): Charities Services Annual Return ↗ · CC-BY 4.0 via charities.govt.nz
- 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.