Kids 1st Childcare & Learning Centre Ltd
Education & Care
44 The Braigh, Waipū · Whangarei District
Kids 1st Childcare & Learning Centre Ltd is an education and care service in Waipū with a current roll of 50 children. Our analysis of the 2021 ERO report found the service received A grades for curriculum and learning, whānau partnership, and bicultural practice, and a B grade for health and safety.
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 operator-wide review
Akarangi · 2025-05-21 · 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 2025-05-21, licensed CC-BY 4.0.
Earlier individual centre review
Akarangi · 2021-07-07· superseded by operator-wide review above
"Leaders and teachers collaborate with children to design, implement and evaluate a programme that is responsive and well informed by current theories of teaching and learning."
Responsive programme design informed by current teaching and learning theories.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Whānau aspirations for the learning of their children are gathered and valued. Leaders and teachers work collaboratively and responsively to achieve them."
Whānau aspirations gathered, valued, and collaboratively pursued by leaders and teachers.
"Te reo Māori is recognised as a living and relevant language for all children."
Te reo Māori recognised as living and relevant language for all children.
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Legal health and safety requirements met; assurance statement confirmed compliance.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Source: Education Review Office review of Kids 1st Childcare & Learning Centre Ltd dated 2021-07-07, 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 Kids 1st Childcare & Learning Centre Ltd 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
44 The Braigh, Waipū. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Kids 1st Childcare & Learning Centre Ltd a free kindergarten?
- Kids 1st Childcare & Learning Centre Ltd is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Kids 1st Childcare & Learning Centre Ltd?
- 50 children attend Kids 1st Childcare & Learning Centre Ltd (roll year 2025).
- Where is Kids 1st Childcare & Learning Centre Ltd?
- 44 The Braigh Waipū Whangarei District
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Sources & verification
Every fact on this page links back to its government source. Verify directly:
- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #10425) ↗ · 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.