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Insoll Kindergarten

Kindergarten

65 Halberg Crescent, Hamilton Central · Hamilton City

ERO assessed Insoll Kindergarten as Not well placed in its 2018 review. No detailed dimension analysis is available for this service.

AI-generated summary of this centre's ERO review data — verify against the ERO report below. How summaries are generated.

Total roll
40
2025
Under 2s
20 Hours ECE
MOE #
5147

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

ERO review · 2018-12-06

This review predates ERO's current 4-point placement scale (introduced 2020). The overall judgement is omitted; the per-dimension grades below are extracted from the review prose and remain comparable.

Review is 7 years old. ERO reassesses most services on a 3-year cycle, so a current review is likely in progress or recently due. Per-dimension grades below reflect this review's prose — they're useful as historical context but the centre's current quality may differ.
Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
A
"A standout feature of the kindergarten is the stimulating environment that motivates children to initiate their own learning and actively explore and investigate. Children can readily access high-quality resources and equipment to extend their imagination and be creative. The curriculum provides children with valuable and highly effective experiences in: literacy, mathematics, the arts, science developing respect and understanding in caring for the natural environment engaging in meaningful, sustained and complex learning taking responsibility for themselves and others."

Highly effective teaching, strong intentional curriculum design, assessment improvements documented

Children's wellbeing
A
"Respectful and trusting relationships underpin all aspects of kindergarten life. Children, parents and their whānau demonstrate a strong sense of belonging to the kindergarten community. The principles of the early childhood curriculum about empowerment, family and community, holistic development and relationships are strongly evident in practice."

Strong sense of belonging, relationships embedded, positive social-emotional development evident

Whānau partnership

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Health & safety

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Leadership & governance

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Source: Education Review Office review of Insoll Kindergarten dated 2018-12-06, 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 computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Insoll 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.

76 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Grade A · top quartile of band (n=2425)
90
Wellbeing
20%
Grade A · top quartile of band (n=1871)
90
Health & Safety
20%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
66
est
Leadership
15%
Estimated from national average · below band median (n=2400)
66
est
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
est
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

65 Halberg Crescent, Hamilton Central. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Insoll Kindergarten a free kindergarten?
Insoll 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 Insoll Kindergarten?
40 children attend Insoll Kindergarten (roll year 2025).
Where is Insoll Kindergarten?
65 Halberg Crescent Hamilton Central Hamilton City

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Sources & verification

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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

As of: Roll year 2025· Refresh: Nightly source · re-pulled on every deploy

Annual financial returns (community-based + umbrella orgs)

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

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

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.