NatureSpace Early Learning
Education & Care
165 Tutaki Road, Kelvin Grove · Palmerston North City
NatureSpace Early Learning was reviewed by ERO on 12 June 2024. Our analysis of the ERO report found strong performance in children's wellbeing, whānau partnership, and leadership and governance (all grade A), with health and safety management assessed as meeting legal obligations (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
Akarangi · 2024-06-12
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Relational trust between teachers, children and whānau promotes a strong sense of belonging and wellbeing."
Strong relational trust promotes belonging and wellbeing across the service.
"Leaders and teachers highly value and integrate parent, whānau and community input. Parent aspirations regularly contribute to individual and group planning."
Parents and whānau regularly contribute to planning; high integration of input.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Management attested to meeting legal obligations across health and safety areas.
"Internal evaluation is promoting ongoing growth in learning for individuals and groups of children. A cohesive collaborative team approach impacts positively to build a shared working knowledge of evaluation."
Strong internal evaluation and cohesive collaborative team approach driving improvement.
Source: Education Review Office review of NatureSpace Early Learning dated 2024-06-12, 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 4 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.
Composite score
How this is computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where NatureSpace Early Learning 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
165 Tutaki Road, Kelvin Grove. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is NatureSpace Early Learning a free kindergarten?
- NatureSpace Early Learning is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at NatureSpace Early Learning?
- 72 children attend NatureSpace Early Learning (roll year 2025).
- Where is NatureSpace Early Learning?
- 165 Tutaki Road Kelvin Grove Palmerston North City
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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 #46654) ↗ · 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
Last build refresh: . See full methodology + data sources pages for licences, refresh cadences, and known gaps.