Longford Kindergarten
Kindergarten
11 Vera Street, Gore Main · Gore District
ERO assessed Longford Kindergarten as Not well placed in May 2020. Our analysis of the ERO report found strong bicultural practice (grade A) and sound performance in curriculum and learning, children's wellbeing, whānau partnership, and leadership and governance (all grade B).
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
Education Review · 2020-05-22
"Children have free access to a variety of resources, activities and play equipment both outdoors and indoors. These appropriately challenge, motivate and extend children's learning and development."
Sound curriculum provision with effective resources and learning opportunities established.
"There has been significant professional learning for teachers in the past year around supporting children's social and emotional development. The collaborative, cohesive team have used this increased knowledge to generate useful and effective teaching strategies."
Effective social-emotional support with professional learning and monitoring systems.
"A growing involvement of parents has led to a strengthening of learning partnerships. Teachers make effective use of parent's knowledge and aspirations for their children's learning when planning for groups and individuals."
Effective parent engagement and collaborative learning partnerships established.
"Te Ao Māori is integrated throughout the curriculum. Teachers are continually exploring local stories, making connections, developing whakapapa links, and building children's sense of belonging. The kindergarten's key learning priorities, linked to Māori values, help ensure success for Māori."
Te Ao Māori deeply integrated; whakapapa connections and Māori values consistently embedded.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"KS leaders provide effective support and mentoring for the head teacher and teachers within the kindergarten. KS continues to make significant progress in improving the systems and process for the effective governance and management of the association."
Effective leadership support; governance and management systems improving.
Source: Education Review Office review of Longford Kindergarten dated 2020-05-22, 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 Longford Kindergarten 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
11 Vera Street, Gore Main. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
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Frequently asked
- Is Longford Kindergarten a free kindergarten?
- Longford Kindergarten is a Free Kindergarten. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds — you may also be eligible for FamilyBoost and Childcare Subsidy.
- What's the roll at Longford Kindergarten?
- 40 children attend Longford Kindergarten (roll year 2025).
- Where is Longford Kindergarten?
- 11 Vera Street Gore Main Gore 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 #45349) ↗ · 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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