Kidsfirst Kindergartens Shirley
Kindergarten
3 Ajax Street, Shirley · Christchurch City
ERO assessed this service as Not well placed in May 2019. Strengths include children's wellbeing, strong whānau partnership, bicultural practice, and leadership. Our analysis of the ERO report identified curriculum and learning as requiring further development, while health and safety systems met legal requirements.
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Education Review · 2019-05-15· superseded by operator-wide review above
"While some progress has been made, aspects of both of these next steps remain a focus for further work."
Assessment and planning practices need strengthening; progress made but further development needed.
"They are effectively promoting children's social competencies."
Teachers effectively promote social competencies and children's wellbeing outcomes.
"Teachers engage effectively with parents, whānau and the community. They have created a welcoming space for whānau to gather, find out about what has been happening in the kindergarten, and communicate with teachers' and each other. Teachers are responsive to the views of whānau."
Strong engagement with families, welcoming spaces, responsive to whānau views and aspirations.
"Māori concepts / tikanga are highly evident and well understood. The kindergarten has developed a cultural narrative that supports children to know who they are and where they come from."
Tikanga and manaakitanga highly evident; strong cultural narrative supporting children's identity.
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Legal compliance requirements met; systems in place for physical and emotional safety management.
"The Canterbury Westland Kindergarten Association has a well-developed and clearly understood vision. It is underpinned by targeted strategic and annual planning systems. There are close links between the kindergarten plans, internal evaluation, appraisal and professional development."
Strong strategic vision, excellent professional development, internal evaluation supporting continuous improvement.
Source: Education Review Office review of Kidsfirst Kindergartens Shirley dated 2019-05-15, 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
3 Ajax Street, Shirley. 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 Shirley a free kindergarten?
- Kidsfirst Kindergartens Shirley 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 Shirley?
- 30 children attend Kidsfirst Kindergartens Shirley (roll year 2025).
- Where is Kidsfirst Kindergartens Shirley?
- 3 Ajax Street Shirley Christchurch 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 #5455) ↗ · 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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