Little Ones Early Learning Centre
Education & Care
39 Ferry Rd, Edendale-Woodlands · Southland District
Little Ones Early Learning Centre is an education and care service in Edendale-Woodlands with 45 children. Our analysis of the ERO report found the centre supports whānau partnership, though bicultural practice and leadership require strengthening. Te reo Māori is present but inconsistent, and leadership systems and procedures need clearer maintenance and understanding across the team.
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
Akarangi · 2024-03-18
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Parents and whānau have opportunities to share their cultures, languages, identity, and aspirations."
Parents and whānau have opportunities to share cultures and aspirations.
"Aspects of a bicultural curriculum are evident. There are some opportunities for children to hear and use te reo Māori within daily activities. This area of practice requires strengthening across the teaching team."
Te reo Māori present but inconsistent; requires strengthening across teaching team.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Leadership is at the early stages of developing the conditions to do and use evaluation for improvement. Systems and processes have not been well maintained in relation to key aspects of centre operations. Policies and procedures are not well known or implemented by all staff."
Leadership emerging in evaluation; systems and procedures not well maintained or understood.
Source: Education Review Office review of Little Ones Early Learning Centre dated 2024-03-18, 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 computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Little Ones Early Learning Centre 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
39 Ferry Rd, Edendale-Woodlands. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Little Ones Early Learning Centre a free kindergarten?
- Little Ones Early Learning Centre is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Little Ones Early Learning Centre?
- 45 children attend Little Ones Early Learning Centre (roll year 2025).
- Where is Little Ones Early Learning Centre?
- 39 Ferry Rd Edendale-Woodlands Southland District
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Sources & verification
Every fact on this page links back to its government source. Verify directly:
- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #65131) ↗ · 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
Last build refresh: . See full methodology + data sources pages for licences, refresh cadences, and known gaps.