Kaitake Kindergarten
Kindergarten
2 Mckellar Street, Ōakura · New Plymouth District
ERO assessed Kaitake Kindergarten as Not well placed in June 2020. Our analysis of the ERO report identified strengths in curriculum and learning, children's wellbeing, bicultural practice, and leadership, but flagged health and safety systems as requiring strengthened monitoring and consistent policy review.
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
Kindergartens Taranaki Cultural & rohe
ERO operator-wide review
Governing Organisation Evaluation · 2025-03-17 · covers the wider operator group
ERO's most recent review for this centre is an operator-wide review — ERO has chosen to review the parent group rather than this centre individually. The findings apply across all centres in the group.
Source: Education Review Office operator-wide review dated 2025-03-17, licensed CC-BY 4.0.
Earlier individual centre review
ERO review · 2020-06-02· superseded by operator-wide review above
"Teachers skilfully promote learning experiences for children and build on opportunities to extend their knowledge and thinking. Children have a responsive curriculum that promotes kaitiakitanga, science, mathematics, literacy, te ao Māori and physical exploration."
Skilled teaching and responsive curriculum across key learning areas evident.
"Warm, inviting and trusting relationships between children, teachers and whānau are fostered. Children confidently communicate, lead their learning and demonstrate a strong sense of belonging."
Strong relationships and sense of belonging consistently demonstrated.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Māori success as Māori is upheld through increased te reo me ngā tikanga rituals and practices. Māori children's identity as Māori is celebrated. Whānau Māori input and expertise are valued by the kindergarten as a learning community."
Te reo and tikanga embedded; focus needed on all children's culture and identity.
"Systems for recording and monitoring health and safety requirements were implemented in 2018. Further rigour and monitoring is required to ensure oversight of ongoing compliance accountability is maintained."
Systems in place but require strengthened monitoring and consistent policy review.
"Board members show a good understanding of their governance roles and responsibilities. Strategic direction and annual planning align and guide the organisation. Reporting to the board by association leaders has been recently strengthened."
Clear governance role understanding; strategic alignment evident with recent improvements.
Source: Education Review Office review of Kaitake Kindergarten dated 2020-06-02, 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 computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Kaitake 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.
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
2 Mckellar Street, Ōakura. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Kaitake Kindergarten a free kindergarten?
- Kaitake 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 Kaitake Kindergarten?
- 50 children attend Kaitake Kindergarten (roll year 2025).
- Where is Kaitake Kindergarten?
- 2 Mckellar Street Ōakura New Plymouth District
How much will this cost you? Use our FamilyBoost + Childcare Subsidy calculator to estimate your weekly out-of-pocket after government support.
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #5636) ↗ · CC-BY 4.0 via data.govt.nz
- ERO reviews: ERO institution page ↗ · Crown copyright (reuse permitted with attribution)
- 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
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)
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
Last build refresh: . See full methodology + data sources pages for licences, refresh cadences, and known gaps.