Kindercare Learning Centres Whakatiki
Education & Care
51 Whakatiki Street, Upper Hutt · Upper Hutt City
ERO assessed the service as Not well placed in its 2019 review. Our analysis of the ERO report identified strengths in children's wellbeing, with a calm environment and good communication. The service was noted to require further development in curriculum and learning depth, and in strengthening whānau partnerships.
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
Education Review · 2019-09-25· superseded by operator-wide review above
"Assessment, planning and evaluation of learning require strengthening. Teachers have begun to collect parent aspirations to inform children's individual programmes. They use a range of formats to plan for infants, toddlers and children, and use an electronic format to share children's learning with parents. To strengthen assessment, planning and evaluation, teachers should continue to develop processes to add depth and complexity to the learning of individual children."
Assessment and planning developing; needs depth and complexity strengthening.
"Infants and toddlers experience a calm, settled environment. Teachers treat children respectfully, consulting them during routines. Teachers and parents share important information about each child's wellbeing and daily activities in individual journals."
Calm environment, respectful interactions, good parent-teacher communication established.
"Parents and whānau are invited to share their knowledge and give feedback in a range of different ways. Leaders have identified that continuing to build stronger connections with whānau and local iwi are next steps."
Multiple engagement channels exist; stronger connections with whānau identified as needed.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Source: Education Review Office review of Kindercare Learning Centres Whakatiki dated 2019-09-25, 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 Whakatiki 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
51 Whakatiki Street, Upper Hutt. 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 Whakatiki a free kindergarten?
- Kindercare Learning Centres Whakatiki 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 Whakatiki?
- 120 children attend Kindercare Learning Centres Whakatiki (roll year 2025).
- Where is Kindercare Learning Centres Whakatiki?
- 51 Whakatiki Street Upper Hutt Upper Hutt 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 #45812) ↗ · 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
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