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Nestlings In-Home Childcare

Home-based

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4 Solomon Street, Brookfield · Tauranga City

Nestlings In-Home Childcare is a home-based service in Brookfield with a current roll of 50 children. Our analysis of the ERO report (May 2023) found strengths in children's wellbeing, whānau partnership, and health and safety (all grade B), with leadership and governance requiring strengthening (grade C). No overall ERO placement was assigned.

AI-generated summary of this centre's ERO review data — verify against the ERO report below. How summaries are generated.

Total roll
50
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
46987

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

Akanuku · 2023-05-09

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Children's wellbeing
→B
"Children experience positive and respectful interactions with educators to enhance their learning."

Positive interactions with educators support children's learning and wellbeing.

Whānau partnership
→B
"ensuring steps are taken to respect and acknowledge the aspirations held by parents and whānau for their children."

Service addresses parent/whānau aspirations for their children.

Bicultural practice
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Health & safety
→B
"Since the onsite visit, the service has provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed non-compliances and is now taking reasonable steps to meet regulatory standards."

Service addressed previous non-compliances and meets regulatory standards.

Leadership & governance
↓C
"Strengthening of systems, processes and practices are required to improve regulatory compliance."

Systems and processes require strengthening for full compliance.

Source: Education Review Office review of Nestlings In-Home Childcare dated 2023-05-09, 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 computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Nestlings In-Home Childcare 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.

66 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=2425)
71
est
Wellbeing
20%
Grade B · bottom 10% of band (n=1871)
70
Health & Safety
20%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
70
Leadership
15%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=2400)
50
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
Bicultural Practice
12.5%
Estimated from national average · near band median (n=2375)
64
est

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

4 Solomon Street, Brookfield. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Nestlings In-Home Childcare a free kindergarten?
Nestlings In-Home Childcare is a Home-based service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Nestlings In-Home Childcare?
50 children attend Nestlings In-Home Childcare (roll year 2025).
Where is Nestlings In-Home Childcare?
4 Solomon Street Brookfield Tauranga City

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Nearby & related

Starlight Preschool Brookfield 0.3 km
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Brookfield Free Kindergarten 0.5 km
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Explore & Flourish 0.5 km
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Lollipops Tauranga 0.6 km
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Sources & verification

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Data sources & freshness (4 sources · last refresh 12 July 2026)
MoE ECE Directory

Service type, address, roll, ethnicity, Equity Index, 20 Hours, Takiwā, lat/lng

As of: Roll year 2025· Refresh: Nightly source · re-pulled on every deploy
Charities Services

Annual financial returns (community-based + umbrella orgs)

As of: 545 centres covered· Refresh: Annual filings · re-ingested with each refresh
ERO reports

Per-centre review reports + 6-dimension letter grades (curriculum / wellbeing / whānau / bicultural / health & safety / leadership)

As of: 10,663 reports / 4,194 centres · latest review 2026-05-18· Refresh: On review publication · CC-BY 4.0 attribution
Suburb context

Safety score, crime/1k, 2023 Census demographics

As of: 2023 Census· Refresh: Quarterly police data · 5-yearly census

Last build refresh: . See full methodology + data sources pages for licences, refresh cadences, and known gaps.