Lollipops Bell Block
Education & Care
14-16 Pohutukawa Place, Bell Block · New Plymouth District
ERO assessed the service as Not well placed in their 2018 review. Our analysis of the ERO report identified emerging curriculum and assessment practice, with intentional teaching developing but inconsistently implemented. Whānau partnership links to home were emerging and required more systematic family engagement. Health and safety systems were largely compliant, while leadership and governance showed strategic planning but needed stronger internal evaluation and consistency monitoring.
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Roll breakdown
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Operator
Lollipops Educare Cultural & rohe
ERO review
ERO review · 2018-11-15
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.
"Limited progress has been made in developing and implementing suitable assessment practice. A next step for leaders is to develop clear procedures for assessment to support teachers' shared understanding of expectations."
Assessment practice emerging; intentional teaching developing but inconsistent implementation.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Intentional teaching extends identified interests and strengthens links to home settings. This teaching approach is a recent development and ongoing support is provided by the area manager."
Links to home emerging; needs more systematic family engagement and communication.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Useful systems are in place to monitor health and safety, recruitment and legislative requirements."
Systems established; compliance largely addressed from previous concerns.
"Internal evaluation is not yet an established practice. Leaders agree a next step is to support teachers' understanding of the importance of scrutinising the curriculum and teacher practices to identify areas requiring improvement."
Strategic planning evident; internal evaluation and consistency monitoring need strengthening.
Source: Education Review Office review of Lollipops Bell Block dated 2018-11-15, 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 Lollipops Bell Block 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
14-16 Pohutukawa Place, Bell Block. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
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Frequently asked
- Is Lollipops Bell Block a free kindergarten?
- Lollipops Bell Block is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Lollipops Bell Block?
- 120 children attend Lollipops Bell Block (roll year 2025).
- Where is Lollipops Bell Block?
- 14-16 Pohutukawa Place Bell Block New Plymouth 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 #46108) ↗ · 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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