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Jumpstart Preschool Rimu

Education & Care

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55a Rimu Street, Strandon · New Plymouth District

Total roll
65
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
50129

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 · 2025-05-13

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
↓C
"Incorporation of te reo and te ao Māori has been an area of growth, leading to increased learning opportunities for children."

Growing bicultural practice but identified as emerging area with potential for deepening.

Health & safety
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Leadership & governance
B
"Relational trust and distributed leadership supports mentoring, coaching and ongoing inquiry into the effectiveness of teaching practices. Centre leaders drive the enactment of values and priorities for learning."

Distributed leadership, mentoring structures, and values-driven direction established.

Source: Education Review Office review of Jumpstart Preschool Rimu dated 2025-05-13, 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 Jumpstart Preschool Rimu 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.

68 / 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%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
66
est
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 C · bottom 10% of band (n=2375)
50

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

55a Rimu Street, Strandon. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Jumpstart Preschool Rimu a free kindergarten?
Jumpstart Preschool Rimu is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Jumpstart Preschool Rimu?
65 children attend Jumpstart Preschool Rimu (roll year 2025).
Where is Jumpstart Preschool Rimu?
55a Rimu Street Strandon New Plymouth District

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Nearby & related

Jumpstart School 0.3 km
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Te Kōhanga Reo o Waiwhakaiho 0.8 km
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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.