Mayfield Playcentre
Playcentre
Mayfield Domain, Ashburton Forks · Ashburton District
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 · 2025-07-17
"Recent initiatives have strengthened aspects of planning for children's learning. There is now clearer individual assessment and planning for all children that shows how their interests are noticed, and learning planned for."
Sound assessment and planning practices strengthened; some initiatives still being trialled and not yet fully embedded.
"Children and their families demonstrate a strong sense of belonging in the playcentre. There is a focus on supporting children's social skills and helping them develop meaningful relationships with others within the centre and local community."
Strong sense of belonging; positive social-emotional focus and meaningful relationships supported.
"The session supervisors and parents work effectively together to promote positive outcomes for children. Supervisors provide useful role modelling and support to help parents recognise and plan for learning, using Te Whāriki, the Early Childhood Curriculum."
Effective collaboration between supervisors and parents; parents engaged in learning planning and developing qualificati
"Aspects of te reo and tikanga Māori are meaningfully integrated within the programme."
Meaningful integration of te reo and tikanga Māori within the programme.
"The service advised ERO that they have an area of non compliance related to the revised playground safety standards NZS 5828:2015. This relates to the height of a wooden platform on the outdoor play equipment."
Non-compliance identified with playground safety standards requiring rectification.
"Strategic planning is now in place. Goals have been identified by parents and should support a more meaningful approach to developing the local curriculum and improved outcomes for children. Parents have identified that they now need to extend this by identifying how they will implement, monitor and evaluate this plan."
Strategic planning emerging; goals identified but implementation and monitoring systems still developing.
Source: Education Review Office review of Mayfield Playcentre dated 2025-07-17, 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 3 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.
Composite score
How this is computedThe 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
Mayfield Domain, Ashburton Forks. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Operator financials
Source: Charities Services Annual Return
Frequently asked
- Is Mayfield Playcentre a free kindergarten?
- Mayfield Playcentre is a Playcentre service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Mayfield Playcentre?
- 26 children attend Mayfield Playcentre (roll year 2025).
- Where is Mayfield Playcentre?
- Mayfield Domain Ashburton Forks Ashburton District
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Sources & verification
Every fact on this page links back to its government source. Verify directly:
- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #70086) ↗ · CC-BY 4.0 via data.govt.nz
- ERO reviews: ERO institution page ↗ · Crown copyright (reuse permitted with attribution)
- Financials (2016-08-31): Charities Services Annual Return ↗ · CC-BY 4.0 via charities.govt.nz
- 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
Last build refresh: . See full methodology + data sources pages for licences, refresh cadences, and known gaps.