Little Steps Early Childhood Education Centre Limited
Education & Care
145 Broadway, Stratford Central · Stratford District
Little Steps is an education and care service in Stratford with a current roll of 75 children. Our analysis of the ERO report identifies areas of strength in children's wellbeing and bicultural practice, with children actively engaged in calm, supportive environments and growing knowledge of approaches supporting tamariki Māori. Areas for development include curriculum and learning assessment alignment with Te Whāriki, and the implementation of formal shared leadership structures.
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 · 2024-09-18
"Planning and assessment is yet to consistently reflect the valued learning outcomes of Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum."
Assessment and planning not consistently aligned with Te Whāriki outcomes.
"Infants and toddlers actively explore, engage and participate through rituals and routines that maintain an unhurried and calm slow pace."
Children actively engaged with calm, supportive routines and learning environments.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Knowledge and shared understandings of teaching approaches that promote success of tamariki Māori continue to increase within the teaching team. Teachers foster tuakana-teina (older-younger child) relationships and respond to whānau contribution."
Growing knowledge of approaches supporting tamariki Māori; tuakana-teina relationships established.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Professional learning to guide a shared leadership approach throughout the centre is yet to be undertaken. Opportunities to meet formally as a leadership team and grow understanding of centre wide practices are limited."
Shared leadership approach not yet implemented; limited formal leadership team meetings.
Source: Education Review Office review of Little Steps Early Childhood Education Centre Limited dated 2024-09-18, 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 computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Little Steps Early Childhood Education Centre Limited 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
145 Broadway, Stratford Central. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
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Frequently asked
- Is Little Steps Early Childhood Education Centre Limited a free kindergarten?
- Little Steps Early Childhood Education Centre Limited is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Little Steps Early Childhood Education Centre Limited?
- 75 children attend Little Steps Early Childhood Education Centre Limited (roll year 2025).
- Where is Little Steps Early Childhood Education Centre Limited?
- 145 Broadway Stratford Central Stratford District
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #47798) ↗ · 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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