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Kimihia Early Learning Centre

Education & Care

📞 03-3891800 🌐 Visit website ↗ ✉ Email centre

85 Aldwins Road, Philipstown · Christchurch City

Total roll
50
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
70003

Roll breakdown

By age

By ethnicity

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

Operator

Standalone

Cultural & rohe

ERO review

Akarangi · 2026-04-10

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Children's wellbeing
→B
"Teachers focus on promoting the wellbeing of children and whānau, there is a strong focus on pastoral care."

Strong pastoral care and responsive relationships supporting positive learner outcomes.

Whānau partnership
→B
"Responsive and respectful relationships with parents and whānau help to promote positive learner outcomes."

Responsive partnerships with families; close collaboration on individualised education plans.

Bicultural practice
→B
"Māori children are experiencing an environment where their culture, language, and identity are visible in the curriculum and learning documentations."

Te ao Māori visible in curriculum; language and identity valued and celebrated.

Health & safety
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Leadership & governance
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Source: Education Review Office review of Kimihia Early Learning Centre dated 2026-04-10, 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 3 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.

Composite score

How this is computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Kimihia Early Learning Centre 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%
Grade B · bottom 10% of band (n=1871)
70
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%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
Bicultural Practice
12.5%
Grade B · near band median (n=2375)
70

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

85 Aldwins Road, Philipstown. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Operator financials

Year ended2024-12-31
Total revenue$1,068,671
Surplus / deficit$64,687
Paid employees13

Source: Charities Services Annual Return

Frequently asked

Is Kimihia Early Learning Centre a free kindergarten?
Kimihia Early Learning Centre is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Kimihia Early Learning Centre?
50 children attend Kimihia Early Learning Centre (roll year 2025).
Where is Kimihia Early Learning Centre?
85 Aldwins Road Philipstown 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

Every fact on this page links back to its government source. Verify directly:

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: 2024-12-31· 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.