Islington Early Childhood Centre Inc
Education & Care
16 A Islington Street, North East Valley · Dunedin City
Islington Early Childhood Centre Inc is an education and care service in North East Valley with a current roll of 22 children. Our analysis of the 2022 ERO report shows the centre maintains regular whānau partnership through conversations with parents and their involvement in curriculum (grade B). However, bicultural practice and leadership and governance are areas for development, with limited te reo Māori integration across the curriculum and early-stage implementation of these practices (both grade C).
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 · 2022-08-12
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Teachers understand the child as a learner in the context of home and family. They have regular conversations with parents about the learning and wellbeing of children. They make good use of this information to inform teaching practice and curriculum design. Parents actively participate in the curriculum alongside their children through regular rostered parent help."
Regular conversations with parents; active participation in curriculum.
"Children hear and experience te reo me ngā tikanga Māori during centre routines, including using a personalised karakia developed in consultation with centre whānau, but have limited opportunities across the curriculum to hear and learn te reo Māori. The team are in the early stages of implementing planning to improve their collective capability in this area."
Limited te reo Māori opportunities across curriculum; early implementation stages.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Leaders and teachers are improvement focussed. Internal evaluation is usefully linked to the strategic plan. The service is establishing new systems and tools to guide internal evaluation. The teaching team are yet to develop a deep understand Internal evaluation."
Improvement focused but limited depth in internal evaluation practices.
Source: Education Review Office review of Islington Early Childhood Centre Inc dated 2022-08-12, 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 Islington Early Childhood Centre Inc 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
16 A Islington Street, North East Valley. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
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Operator financials
Source: Charities Services Annual Return
Frequently asked
- Is Islington Early Childhood Centre Inc a free kindergarten?
- Islington Early Childhood Centre Inc is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Islington Early Childhood Centre Inc?
- 22 children attend Islington Early Childhood Centre Inc (roll year 2025).
- Where is Islington Early Childhood Centre Inc?
- 16 A Islington Street North East Valley Dunedin City
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #83006) ↗ · CC-BY 4.0 via data.govt.nz
- ERO reviews: ERO institution page ↗ · Crown copyright (reuse permitted with attribution)
- Financials (2024-12-31): 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
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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
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
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