Lees Street Kindergarten
Kindergarten
75 Lees Street, Gladstone (Invercargill City) · Invercargill City
ERO assessed Lees Street Kindergarten as Not well placed in February 2019. Our analysis of the ERO report shows strengths in curriculum and learning, children's wellbeing, whānau partnership, and health and safety (all grade B). Areas identified for development include bicultural practice and leadership and governance (both grade C).
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
Standalone
Cultural & rohe
ERO review
ERO Review · 2019-02-18
This review predates ERO's current 4-point placement scale (introduced 2020). The overall judgement is omitted; the per-dimension grades below are extracted from the review prose and remain comparable.
"Teachers use a range of effective approaches to help children question, explore and take risks to achieve success in their learning, understandings and knowledge building."
Effective teaching approaches; assessment used well to identify and monitor learning.
"Children are respectful and responsive as they confidently engage with adults and each other. They listen carefully, willingly share their ideas and work cooperatively."
Children confident, engaged, respectful; strong social-emotional development demonstrated.
"Parents are active participants in the programme and in their children's learning. Teachers regularly seek parent input into their children's learning and goal setting. They keep parents well informed about their children's progress and kindergarten events."
Active parent involvement; regular communication about children's learning and progress.
"Te reo and tikanga Māori are often integrated into the programme."
Te reo and tikanga present but inconsistent; next step to strengthen te ao Māori.
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Meets legal compliance; systems in place for health, safety, ratios, supervision.
"However ERO found that the board needs better information to know how well kindergartens are improving outcomes for children. The board also needs to review its own performance and review the roles and responsibilities within the association leadership and management team."
Leadership needs clearer evaluation processes; board needs better performance information.
Source: Education Review Office review of Lees Street Kindergarten dated 2019-02-18, 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 2 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.
Composite score
How this is computedThe 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
75 Lees Street, Gladstone (Invercargill City). Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
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Frequently asked
- Is Lees Street Kindergarten a free kindergarten?
- Lees Street Kindergarten is a Free Kindergarten. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds — you may also be eligible for FamilyBoost and Childcare Subsidy.
- What's the roll at Lees Street Kindergarten?
- 40 children attend Lees Street Kindergarten (roll year 2025).
- Where is Lees Street Kindergarten?
- 75 Lees Street Gladstone (Invercargill City) Invercargill 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
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #5536) ↗ · 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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