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Kuaotunu Kindergarten

Education & Care

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Irishtown Road, Kuaotunu · Thames-Coromandel District

Kuaotunu Kindergarten provides education and care for 25 children. Our analysis of the ERO report found strong wellbeing support through belonging and routine, though leadership and governance practices need further development due to staffing challenges.

AI-generated summary of this centre's ERO review data — verify against the ERO report below. How summaries are generated.

Total roll
25
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
34100

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 · 2023-12-18

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
"Children demonstrate a strong sense of belonging within a calm and unhurried learning environment. Daily routines support children to be able to easily predict what will happen in the daily curriculum."

Strong sense of belonging and predictable routines support wellbeing effectively.

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Health & safety
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Leadership & governance
C
"Staffing changes are hindering leadership development, team collaboration and improved teacher capability. An internal evaluation process has been established."

Internal evaluation in place but staffing changes impede leadership development.

Source: Education Review Office review of Kuaotunu Kindergarten dated 2023-12-18, 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 Kuaotunu Kindergarten 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.

66 / 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%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=2400)
50
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
est
Bicultural Practice
12.5%
Estimated from national average · near band median (n=2375)
64
est

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

Irishtown Road, Kuaotunu. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Operator financials

Year ended2025-03-31
Total revenue$276,766
Surplus / deficit$5,169
Paid employees6

Source: Charities Services Annual Return

Frequently asked

Is Kuaotunu Kindergarten a free kindergarten?
Kuaotunu Kindergarten is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Kuaotunu Kindergarten?
25 children attend Kuaotunu Kindergarten (roll year 2025).
Where is Kuaotunu Kindergarten?
Irishtown Road Kuaotunu Thames-Coromandel District

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Sources & verification

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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: 2025-03-31· 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.