Kids at Home The Bay 2
Home-based
57A Spring Street, Tauranga Central · Tauranga City
ERO assessed Kids at Home The Bay 2 as Not well placed in its 2021 review. Our analysis of the ERO report found the service received B grades for curriculum and learning, children's wellbeing, bicultural practice, and health and safety, but a C grade for whānau partnership, where communication systems were identified as needing strengthening.
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
Kids at Home Cultural & rohe
ERO review
Education Review · 2021-01-22
"Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum, is woven through planning and learning experiences. Learning experiences promote literacy, numeracy, art, outdoor exploration, science, te ao Māori and social competencies."
Curriculum effectively implemented across learning experiences with intentional planning evident.
"Positive and caring relationships between educators, children, families and visiting teachers upholds wellbeing. Parent's responses affirm the value of educators' positive interactions with their children."
Strong relationships and positive interactions support children's wellbeing and belonging.
"Relationships and learning partnerships with parents and whānau are continuing to develop. The service has identified that re-establishing the parent survey is a key priority."
Partnerships developing but communication systems need strengthening; parent survey planned.
"Te reo Māori and Māori values of manaakitanga and whanaungatanga are fostered."
Te reo Māori and Māori values integrated; commitment to Māori learners evident in vision.
"Well-developed, comprehensive health and safety practices promote children's health and well-being. A centrally based quality management framework effectively monitors daily operations."
Comprehensive health and safety systems in place with effective centralised monitoring.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Source: Education Review Office review of Kids at Home The Bay 2 dated 2021-01-22, 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 at Home The Bay 2 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
57A Spring Street, Tauranga Central. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
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Frequently asked
- Is Kids at Home The Bay 2 a free kindergarten?
- Kids at Home The Bay 2 is a Home-based service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Kids at Home The Bay 2?
- 50 children attend Kids at Home The Bay 2 (roll year 2025).
- Where is Kids at Home The Bay 2?
- 57A Spring Street Tauranga Central Tauranga City
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #45071) ↗ · 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
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