Kidsfirst Kindergartens Portsmouth Street
Kindergarten
36 Portsmouth Street, Wainoni · Christchurch City
ERO assessed this service as Not well placed in their 2019 review. Our analysis of the ERO report identified strong leadership and governance (A grade), with solid performance across curriculum and learning, children's wellbeing, whānau partnership, bicultural practice, and health and safety (all B grades).
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
Education Review · 2019-08-06· superseded by operator-wide review above
"The programme is well designed to enable children to develop a sense of belonging, wellbeing and safety within the kindergarten."
Programme well designed; teachers enable ownership and foster life skills effectively.
"The programme is well designed to enable children to develop a sense of belonging, wellbeing and safety within the kindergarten."
Strong sense of belonging, safety, and wellbeing demonstrated across programme.
"Teachers have developed trusting and respectful relationships with children and their whānau. They are very responsive to children's and families' diverse backgrounds and needs."
Trusting relationships; responsive to diverse family needs and backgrounds.
"The cultural backgrounds of the predominantly Māori and Pacific families are reflected in the programme and learning environment."
Māori and Pacific cultures reflected in programme and environment.
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Management assurance provided; legal requirements met and systems in place.
"The association has a very strong commitment to providing high quality professional development to build on leadership capacity and teacher capability. Association leaders have high expectations for teaching, learning and equitable outcomes for all children."
Strong professional development commitment; high expectations; strategic focus on excellence.
Source: Education Review Office review of Kidsfirst Kindergartens Portsmouth Street dated 2019-08-06, 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
36 Portsmouth Street, Wainoni. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Kidsfirst Kindergartens Portsmouth Street a free kindergarten?
- Kidsfirst Kindergartens Portsmouth Street 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 Portsmouth Street?
- 40 children attend Kidsfirst Kindergartens Portsmouth Street (roll year 2025).
- Where is Kidsfirst Kindergartens Portsmouth Street?
- 36 Portsmouth Street Wainoni 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 #5447) ↗ · 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.