Kew Kindergarten
Kindergarten
51 Selwyn Street, Appleby South (Invercargill City) · Invercargill City
ERO assessed Kew Kindergarten as Not well placed in May 2019. Our analysis of the ERO report identified strong bicultural practice with Treaty-based curriculum and te reo Māori embedded daily (A grade), while children's wellbeing, whānau partnership, and leadership & governance were graded B, indicating areas for ongoing development.
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
Education Review · 2019-05-14
This review predates ERO's current 4-point placement scale (introduced 2020). The overall judgement is omitted; the per-dimension grades below are extracted from the review prose and remain comparable.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Kew Kindergarten provides a learning environment that is welcoming to all children, their parents and whānau. Children settle quickly on arrival into activities that respond to their interests and needs. Children have respect for each other, for their kindergarten and the environment. There are caring relationships between teachers, children and their whānau."
Welcoming environment, quick settling, respectful relationships, and caring interactions evident.
"Visual displays are thoughtfully presented and used to enable children to revisit prior learning while also providing useful information for parents about learning."
Parent communication evident through visual displays; broader partnership practices not explicitly detailed.
"Kew Kindergarten has a strong focus on providing a Treaty of Waitangi-based curriculum. Māori concepts and te reo Māori are incorporated in the day-to-day programme by both children and teachers. Children learn about kaitiakitanga (guardianship of papatuanuku), taiao tuhura (sustainability of the environment), and are independently, and collectively learning through the strategies of pā harakeke (bucket filling/pro-social play)."
Strong Treaty-based curriculum with Māori concepts and te reo Māori embedded daily.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Leaders and teachers are improvement focused and engaged in internal evaluation. They are building their capacity to strengthen this practice across the kindergarten."
Improvement-focused leadership with growing internal evaluation capacity; next steps identified.
Source: Education Review Office review of Kew Kindergarten dated 2019-05-14, 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 Kew 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
51 Selwyn Street, Appleby South (Invercargill City). Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
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Frequently asked
- Is Kew Kindergarten a free kindergarten?
- Kew 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 Kew Kindergarten?
- 40 children attend Kew Kindergarten (roll year 2025).
- Where is Kew Kindergarten?
- 51 Selwyn Street Appleby South (Invercargill City) Invercargill City
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 #5520) ↗ · 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
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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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