Kidsfirst Kindergartens Cotswold Avenue
Kindergarten
62 Cotswold Avenue, Bishopdale · Christchurch City
ERO assessed this service as Not well placed in their 2017 review. Our analysis of the ERO report identified strengths in curriculum and learning, children's wellbeing, and bicultural practice, all graded A.
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
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ERO Review · 2017-03-21· superseded by operator-wide review above
"Teachers work well as a team and use meaningful strategies to provoke children's curiosity and desire to learn. There is a strong focus on fostering children's social competence. Planned activities promote children's interest and participation in literacy, numeracy, science, physical activity and the arts."
Strong intentional teaching with meaningful strategies and planned activities across learning areas.
"Children are welcomed into a highly inclusive, calm and peaceful learning environment. They happily learn and play in a spacious, natural and peaceful environment that effectively provokes their curiosity and encourages their exploration."
Highly inclusive, calm environment supporting children's happiness, curiosity and exploration.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Māori children are well supported to experience success, as Māori. Te reo and tikanga Māori are highly evident and embedded. The kindergarten's values of manaakitanga and whanaungatanga are well established. These are visible in the environment and in the positive interactions between children and between children and adults."
Te reo and tikanga embedded throughout; strong commitment to Māori success and Te Tiriti.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Source: Education Review Office review of Kidsfirst Kindergartens Cotswold Avenue dated 2017-03-21, 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 Kidsfirst Kindergartens Cotswold Avenue 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
62 Cotswold Avenue, Bishopdale. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
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Frequently asked
- Is Kidsfirst Kindergartens Cotswold Avenue a free kindergarten?
- Kidsfirst Kindergartens Cotswold Avenue 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 Cotswold Avenue?
- 40 children attend Kidsfirst Kindergartens Cotswold Avenue (roll year 2025).
- Where is Kidsfirst Kindergartens Cotswold Avenue?
- 62 Cotswold Avenue Bishopdale Christchurch 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 #5417) ↗ · 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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