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Hororata Playcentre

Playcentre

📞 03-3772540

Community Hall Hororata Road, Glentunnel · Selwyn District

Total roll
25
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
70074

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 · 2025-07-17

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Children's wellbeing
B
"Children are confident, happy and very engaged in their learning. They are well supported by parents who join in their play, listen to their ideas, offer suggestions and encourage them to problem solve."

Children confident, happy, engaged; well-supported by parents

Whānau partnership
→B
"Playcentre parents make very good use of association systems, procedures and practices to involve all parents in the programme and the operation of the playcentre. The parent education programme is actively promoted and well supported."

Strong parent involvement and engagement in programme and management

Bicultural practice
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Health & safety
C
"ERO identified areas of non-compliance relating to appraisal. To meet requirements the association needs to improve its performance in the following areas: implement a system of regular appraisal for members of the education support team."

Non-compliance identified regarding appraisal system for support staff

Leadership & governance
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Source: Education Review Office review of Hororata Playcentre dated 2025-07-17, 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 computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Hororata Playcentre 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.

65 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=2425)
71
est
Wellbeing
20%
Grade B · bottom 10% of band (n=1871)
70
Health & Safety
20%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=2319)
50
Leadership
15%
Estimated from national average · below band median (n=2400)
66
est
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

Community Hall Hororata Road, Glentunnel. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Hororata Playcentre a free kindergarten?
Hororata Playcentre is a Playcentre service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Hororata Playcentre?
25 children attend Hororata Playcentre (roll year 2025).
Where is Hororata Playcentre?
Community Hall Hororata Road Glentunnel Selwyn District

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Sources & verification

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

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
Charities Services

Annual financial returns (community-based + umbrella orgs)

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

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
Suburb context

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.