Miramar Central Kindergarten
Kindergarten
32 Para Street, Miramar · Wellington City
ERO assessed Miramar Central Kindergarten as Not well placed in 2016. Our analysis of the ERO report found the service achieved B grades across curriculum and learning, children's wellbeing, whānau partnership, bicultural practice, and health and safety, with a C grade in leadership and governance where distributed leadership was emerging.
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
Whānau Manaaki Kindergartens Cultural & rohe
ERO operator-wide review
Governing Organisation Evaluation · 2024-12-20 · covers the wider operator group
ERO's most recent review for this centre is an operator-wide review — ERO has chosen to review the parent group rather than this centre individually. The findings apply across all centres in the group.
Source: Education Review Office operator-wide review dated 2024-12-20, licensed CC-BY 4.0.
Earlier individual centre review
ERO review · 2016-07-08· superseded by operator-wide review above
"Children benefit from the child led, play based curriculum that encourages them to make choices, follow their interests and take on leadership roles. Flexible routines support self-management and sustained involvement in activities."
Child-led play-based curriculum with flexible routines supports learning effectively.
"Teachers are highly responsive to children's wellbeing. They use a good range of teaching strategies in their interactions, including encouraging problem solving and social skills. A sense of fun is evident."
Teachers responsive to wellbeing with strong focus on relationships and social-emotional development.
"Teachers have a strong focus on building positive relationships with families that assists children to experience educational success."
Strong family relationships and communication evident; community learning projects involve whānau.
"Te reo me ngā tikanga Māori are promoted through kindergarten practices and routines. Teachers continue to work with key documents and access association support to build their cultural competence to respond to Māori and Pacific learners."
Te reo and tikanga embedded in practice; ongoing cultural competence development supported.
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Meets legal requirements; assurance statement confirmed systems in place for safety areas.
"Distributed leadership within the kindergarten is emerging. The head teacher should continue to encourage teachers to share their strengths and to lead aspects of the programme."
Emerging distributed leadership; plans in place for head teacher curriculum leadership development.
Source: Education Review Office review of Miramar Central Kindergarten dated 2016-07-08, 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 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
32 Para Street, Miramar. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Miramar Central Kindergarten a free kindergarten?
- Miramar Central 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 Miramar Central Kindergarten?
- 42 children attend Miramar Central Kindergarten (roll year 2025).
- Where is Miramar Central Kindergarten?
- 32 Para Street Miramar Wellington 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 #5359) ↗ · 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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