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Just Like Home Childcare

Home-based

📞 027-574 5109

Unit 12, Apartment 36 20 Studholme Road, Wānaka Central · Queenstown-Lakes District

Just Like Home Childcare is a home-based service in Wānaka Central. Our analysis of the ERO report identifies bicultural practice as a development area, while health and safety standards are being met and leadership is established. The service has a current roll of 50 children.

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

Total roll
50
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
47771

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

Akanuku · 2023-04-03

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
"providing intentional planned opportunities for children to develop knowledge and understanding of the cultural heritages of both parties to the Treaty of Waitangi"

Bicultural practice identified as development opportunity; intentional planning for Treaty partnerships needed.

Health & safety
B
"Health and safety Meeting"

Regulatory health and safety standards being met.

Leadership & governance
B
"The owner takes responsibility for the operation and professional leadership of the service."

Owner provides leadership; professional learning and evaluation identified as next steps.

Source: Education Review Office review of Just Like Home Childcare dated 2023-04-03, 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).

Composite score

How this is computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Just Like Home Childcare 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.

69 / 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 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

Unit 12, Apartment 36 20 Studholme Road, Wānaka Central. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Just Like Home Childcare a free kindergarten?
Just Like Home Childcare is a Home-based service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Just Like Home Childcare?
50 children attend Just Like Home Childcare (roll year 2025).
Where is Just Like Home Childcare?
Unit 12, Apartment 36 20 Studholme Road Wānaka Central Queenstown-Lakes District

How much will this cost you? Use our FamilyBoost + Childcare Subsidy calculator to estimate your weekly out-of-pocket after government support.

Nearby & related

Aspire Nursery & Preschool 1.3 km
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Wanaka Pre-School Early Childhood Centre 1.4 km
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Aspiring Beginnings Early Learning Centre 1.5 km
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Wanaexcel Education Hub 2.8 km
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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.