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Inspiring Kids Early Learning Limited

Education & Care

📞 07-3484838 🌐 Visit website ↗ ✉ Email centre

219 Clayton Road, Western Heights · Rotorua District

Total roll
115
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
45180

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 · 2026-05-06

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
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
B
"The curriculum acknowledges and reflects the unique place of Māori as tangata whenua."

Curriculum acknowledges Māori as tangata whenua; reflects bicultural commitment.

Health & safety
B
"Since the onsite visit, the service has provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed non-compliances and is now taking reasonable steps to meet regulatory standards."

Previously identified non-compliances addressed; service now meeting regulatory standards.

Leadership & governance
B
"An ongoing process of self-review and internal evaluation helps the service improve the quality of its education and care."

Self-review and internal evaluation processes support continuous quality improvement.

Source: Education Review Office review of Inspiring Kids Early Learning Limited dated 2026-05-06, 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 3 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.

Composite score

How this is computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Inspiring Kids Early Learning Limited 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.

71 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=2425)
71
est
Wellbeing
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=1871)
74
est
Health & Safety
20%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
70
Leadership
15%
Grade B · below band median (n=2400)
70
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
est
Bicultural Practice
12.5%
Grade B · near band median (n=2375)
70

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

219 Clayton Road, Western Heights. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Inspiring Kids Early Learning Limited a free kindergarten?
Inspiring Kids Early Learning Limited is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Inspiring Kids Early Learning Limited?
115 children attend Inspiring Kids Early Learning Limited (roll year 2025).
Where is Inspiring Kids Early Learning Limited?
219 Clayton Road Western Heights Rotorua District

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Sources & verification

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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)
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.