Kindercare learning Centres - Addington
Education & Care
2 Barry Hogan Place, Middleton · Christchurch City
ERO assessed this service as Not well placed in its 2017 review. Our analysis of the ERO report indicates sound teaching practices and curriculum engagement (B grade), with emerging bicultural integration, and clear leadership with responsive governance (B grade).
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
Kindercare Learning Centres Cultural & rohe
ERO operator-wide review
Governing Organisation · 2024-08-26 · 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 2024-08-26, licensed CC-BY 4.0.
Earlier individual centre review
ERO review · 2017-06-12· superseded by operator-wide review above
"Teachers are responsive to the individual interests, strengths and capabilities of children. They provide a wide range of resources and activities to engage children's curiosity and participation. Emphasis is given to supportive oral language interactions and enjoyable creative experiences. Teachers are increasingly integrating bicultural perspectives and literacy in meaningful ways."
Sound teaching practices and resource engagement; bicultural integration emerging.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"The centre is well led and managed. Centre leaders provide clear expectations, and implement Kindercare management, curriculum, and health and safety systems. They build on teacher capability and leadership capacity through targeted professional development and regular mentoring. Leaders and teachers work together to make good use of self-review processes to build on practices, such as recent developments in assessment, planning and evaluation. They are focused on ongoing improvement and positive outcomes for children and families."
Clear expectations; responsive to prior recommendations; professional development and mentoring in place.
Source: Education Review Office review of Kindercare learning Centres - Addington dated 2017-06-12, 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 Kindercare learning Centres - Addington 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
2 Barry Hogan Place, Middleton. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
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Frequently asked
- Is Kindercare learning Centres - Addington a free kindergarten?
- Kindercare learning Centres - Addington is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Kindercare learning Centres - Addington?
- 100 children attend Kindercare learning Centres - Addington (roll year 2025).
- Where is Kindercare learning Centres - Addington?
- 2 Barry Hogan Place Middleton 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 #70071) ↗ · 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
Last build refresh: . See full methodology + data sources pages for licences, refresh cadences, and known gaps.