Kindercare Learning Centres - Riccarton
Education & Care
7 Clyde Road, Ilam · Christchurch City
ERO assessed this service as Not well placed in May 2020. Our analysis of the ERO report found sound curriculum and learning practices with responsive programming, and health and safety management meeting legal requirements with staffing ratios above minimum. Leadership and governance showed strong reflective practice, though strategic planning was identified for further development.
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ERO review · 2020-05-26· superseded by operator-wide review above
"The curriculum responds to children's individual needs and interests. Programmes are delivered at their own learning pace. Teachers use a range of assessment practices that demonstrate an understanding of what each child knows, is interested in and can do."
Sound assessment practices and responsive programming, but bicultural embedding still developing.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Management assurance confirms legal requirements met; staffing ratios better than minimum.
"Leaders support teachers to critically reflect on their practice and have developed effective systems to build the capability and collective capacity of staff. Emergent leadership is encouraged and there are frequent opportunities for professional learning and development for teachers."
Strong reflective practice and professional learning culture; strategic planning development identified.
Source: Education Review Office review of Kindercare Learning Centres - Riccarton dated 2020-05-26, 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 - Riccarton 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
7 Clyde Road, Ilam. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Kindercare Learning Centres - Riccarton a free kindergarten?
- Kindercare Learning Centres - Riccarton 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 - Riccarton?
- 50 children attend Kindercare Learning Centres - Riccarton (roll year 2025).
- Where is Kindercare Learning Centres - Riccarton?
- 7 Clyde Road Ilam 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 #70575) ↗ · 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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