Little Wonders St Kilda
Education & Care
146A Victoria Road, St Kilda · Dunedin City
ERO assessed Little Wonders St Kilda as Not well placed in June 2017. Our analysis of the ERO report found strengths in curriculum and learning, children's wellbeing, whānau partnership, and leadership, but identified bicultural practice as requiring development, with strategic integration of Māori dimensions needed across governance and teaching.
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 · 2017-06-29
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 skilfully extend children's thinking and learning through intentional teaching strategies. Children are supported to become independent, self-managing, risk-taking and investigative learners."
Strong intentional teaching and learning support evident; some refinement needed in assessment consistency.
"Children benefit from secure, responsive and respectful relationships with their teachers. They learn and play in well-defined, calm and uncluttered spaces. Teachers have intentionally created a homely atmosphere."
Secure relationships and calm environments promote positive wellbeing outcomes for children.
"Many parents add to and support these planned activities alongside their children."
Parents involved in activities; broader communication systems not explicitly detailed.
"Teachers place a strong focus on building children's knowledge and awareness of New Zealand's bicultural heritage and encouraging Māori children to stand strong in their identity."
Bicultural teaching evident in practice; strategic governance integration needed.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"The service manager and head teachers provide strong professional leadership. They model high quality teaching practice and purposefully coach and mentor teachers to build capability across the service."
Strong professional leadership with coaching and mentoring; strategic Māori dimension incorporation needed.
Source: Education Review Office review of Little Wonders St Kilda dated 2017-06-29, 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 computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Little Wonders St Kilda 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
146A Victoria Road, St Kilda. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Little Wonders St Kilda a free kindergarten?
- Little Wonders St Kilda is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Little Wonders St Kilda?
- 100 children attend Little Wonders St Kilda (roll year 2025).
- Where is Little Wonders St Kilda?
- 146A Victoria Road St Kilda Dunedin City
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #80076) ↗ · 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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