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Kidsfirst Kindergartens Avonhead

Kindergarten

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49 Staveley Street, Avonhead · Christchurch City

ERO assessed this kindergarten as Not well placed in its 2015 review. No dimension grades from our analysis are available for this service.

AI-generated summary of this centre's ERO review data — verify against the ERO report below. How summaries are generated.

Total roll
40
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
5409

Roll breakdown

By age

By ethnicity

Note: a child may be counted under multiple ethnicities (total may exceed roll).

Operator

KidsFirst Kindergartens logo KidsFirst Kindergartens

Cultural & rohe

ERO operator-wide review

Education Review · 2026-02-18 · 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 2026-02-18, licensed CC-BY 4.0.

Earlier individual centre review

ERO review · 2015-03-26· superseded by operator-wide review above

Source: Education Review Office review of Kidsfirst Kindergartens Avonhead dated 2015-03-26, 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 computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Kidsfirst Kindergartens Avonhead 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.

69 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=2425)
71
est
Wellbeing
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=1871)
74
est
Health & Safety
20%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
66
est
Leadership
15%
Estimated from national average · below band median (n=2400)
66
est
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
est
Bicultural Practice
12.5%
Estimated from national average · near band median (n=2375)
64
est

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

49 Staveley Street, Avonhead. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Kidsfirst Kindergartens Avonhead a free kindergarten?
Kidsfirst Kindergartens Avonhead 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 Kidsfirst Kindergartens Avonhead?
40 children attend Kidsfirst Kindergartens Avonhead (roll year 2025).
Where is Kidsfirst Kindergartens Avonhead?
49 Staveley Street Avonhead Christchurch City

How much will this cost you? Use our FamilyBoost + Childcare Subsidy calculator to estimate your weekly out-of-pocket after government support.

Nearby & related

Annabel's Educare Avonhead Ltd 0.6 km
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Kindercare Learning Centres - Avonhead (211) 0.8 km
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Avonhead Early Edventurers 0.9 km
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Including the 6 others nearby
Cost of daycare in Avonhead
By age + FamilyBoost net
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Sources & verification

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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)
MoE ECE Directory

Service type, address, roll, ethnicity, Equity Index, 20 Hours, Takiwā, lat/lng

As of: Roll year 2025· Refresh: Nightly source · re-pulled on every deploy
Charities Services

Annual financial returns (community-based + umbrella orgs)

As of: 545 centres covered· Refresh: Annual filings · re-ingested with each refresh
ERO reports

Per-centre review reports + 6-dimension letter grades (curriculum / wellbeing / whānau / bicultural / health & safety / leadership)

As of: 10,663 reports / 4,194 centres · latest review 2026-05-18· Refresh: On review publication · CC-BY 4.0 attribution
Suburb context

Safety score, crime/1k, 2023 Census demographics

As of: 2023 Census· Refresh: Quarterly police data · 5-yearly census

Last build refresh: . See full methodology + data sources pages for licences, refresh cadences, and known gaps.