Kia ora Kids at Home Childcare 6
Home-based
Unit D 2 17 Corinthian Drive, Albany · Auckland - Upper Harbour
ERO assessed this home-based service as Not well placed in its 2020 review. Our analysis of the ERO report identified concerns across several areas: Health & safety received a D grade with multiple non-compliances requiring urgent attention; Curriculum & learning, Whānau partnership, and Bicultural practice all received C grades, indicating development needs in structured assessment, parent communication, and te reo Māori confidence. Children's wellbeing was assessed as B.
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Roll breakdown
By age
By ethnicity
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Operator
Cultural & rohe
ERO review
Education Review · 2020-11-25
"Children's learning is recognised and documented. Programme planning includes input from visiting teachers and educators. Visiting teachers help educators to extend children's interests and to support children's developing social skills."
Learning documented and planned but lacks structured Te Whāriki assessment of individual progress.
"Documents show children are settled and engage with resources provided by their educators and visiting teachers. Leaders continue to support educators to encourage children's independence and self-help skills."
Children settled, engaged, and supported in independence and social skill development.
"A next step is for visiting teachers and educators to consistently gather and respond to parents' aspirations for their children's learning."
Communication occurs regularly but inconsistent gathering of parent aspirations identified as development area.
"Managers and visiting teachers are committed to including bicultural practices in meaningful ways. They should continue to grow their knowledge and confidence to incorporate te reo Māori me ngā tikanga into their practice and model this with educators and children."
Commitment present but knowledge and confidence in te reo Māori and tikanga require development.
"ERO identified areas of non-compliance relating to governance and health and safety. To meet requirements the service needs to: consistently implement all aspects of safety checking processes for educators and non-core workers document written emergency plans that include evacuation procedures for each home and when away from homes ensure educators consistently monitor and record children's sleep monitor and record daily hazard checks document excursion supervision plans for regular and special excursions recording supervision plans."
Multiple non-compliances identified requiring urgent attention across safety and documentation.
"A well-established internal evaluation system guides improvement. Managers and visiting teachers could now evaluate the progress made towards meeting identified strategic goals. Processes to monitor compliance with regulatory requirements require improvement."
Internal evaluation system established but strategic goal monitoring and regulatory compliance monitoring need improveme
Source: Education Review Office review of Kia ora Kids at Home Childcare 6 dated 2020-11-25, 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 computedThe 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 D 2 17 Corinthian Drive, Albany. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
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Frequently asked
- Is Kia ora Kids at Home Childcare 6 a free kindergarten?
- Kia ora Kids at Home Childcare 6 is a Home-based service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Kia ora Kids at Home Childcare 6?
- 60 children attend Kia ora Kids at Home Childcare 6 (roll year 2025).
- Where is Kia ora Kids at Home Childcare 6?
- Unit D 2 17 Corinthian Drive Albany Auckland - Upper Harbour
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #45807) ↗ · 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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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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