Hillcrest High School Community Childcare
Education & Care
Carrington Avenue, Hillcrest · Hamilton City
Hillcrest High School Community Childcare is an education and care service for 35 children in Hamilton. Our analysis of the ERO report identifies strengths in health and safety compliance, while bicultural practice and leadership and governance are in early stages of development, with the internal evaluation framework needing greater focus on learning outcomes.
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 · 2024-05-22
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Teachers are at the early stages of responding to and reflecting the cultures and languages of all children in planning and assessment records, and in the daily curriculum."
Early stages of responding to children's cultures and languages in curriculum.
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Legal compliance requirements met; health and safety systems in place.
"There is an internal evaluation framework in place which shows changes that have been made. This process is yet to include a focus on identifying positive learning outcomes for children as a result of these changes."
Internal evaluation framework exists but lacks focus on learning outcomes.
Source: Education Review Office review of Hillcrest High School Community Childcare dated 2024-05-22, 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 Hillcrest High School Community Childcare 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
Carrington Avenue, Hillcrest. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Hillcrest High School Community Childcare a free kindergarten?
- Hillcrest High School Community Childcare is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Hillcrest High School Community Childcare?
- 35 children attend Hillcrest High School Community Childcare (roll year 2025).
- Where is Hillcrest High School Community Childcare?
- Carrington Avenue Hillcrest Hamilton 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 #34066) ↗ · 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.