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Little Waikato Scholars Prep School

Education & Care

📞 07-8550144 ✉ Email centre

644 Grey Street, Hamilton East · Hamilton City

Little Waikato Scholars Prep School is an education and care centre in Hamilton East with a current roll of 34 children. Our analysis of the ERO report shows the service has established strong whānau partnerships and good leadership support, though curriculum development is in early stages of implementation. The centre was reviewed by ERO on 29 March 2023.

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

Total roll
34
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
45491

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 · 2023-03-29

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
C
"Teachers are working towards designing a responsive curriculum for all children."

Curriculum development is emerging; Te Whāriki outcomes being explored in early stages.

Children's wellbeing
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Whānau partnership
B
"Parents and teachers have strong relationships."

Strong parent-teacher relationships established; partnership evident.

Bicultural practice
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Health & safety
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Leadership & governance
↑B
"They are well supported by the centre leader. Professional growth cycles are in place."

Centre leader provides good support; professional learning cycles established.

Source: Education Review Office review of Little Waikato Scholars Prep School dated 2023-03-29, 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 computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Little Waikato Scholars Prep School 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.

65 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=2425)
50
Wellbeing
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=1871)
74
est
Health & Safety
20%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
66
est
Leadership
15%
Grade B · below band median (n=2400)
70
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
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

644 Grey Street, Hamilton East. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Little Waikato Scholars Prep School a free kindergarten?
Little Waikato Scholars Prep School is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Little Waikato Scholars Prep School?
34 children attend Little Waikato Scholars Prep School (roll year 2025).
Where is Little Waikato Scholars Prep School?
644 Grey Street Hamilton East Hamilton City

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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: 545 centres covered· 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.