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New Plymouth YMCA Childcare Centre

Education & Care

83 Liardet Street, New Plymouth Central · New Plymouth District

New Plymouth YMCA Childcare Centre operates a play-based curriculum with responsive teaching. Our analysis of the ERO report identifies strengths in children's wellbeing, bicultural practice, and leadership, with areas for development in whānau partnership integration and assessment alignment.

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

Total roll
49
2025
Under 2s
20 Hours ECE
MOE #
50521

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 · 2024-02-23

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
B
"Children lead their own learning through a play-based curriculum that encourages them to be capable and confident learners."

Play-based curriculum with responsive teaching evident; assessment alignment needs improvement.

Children's wellbeing
B
"Teachers are attentive to the unique learning needs of infants and toddlers. They sensitively respond to their verbal and non-verbal cues, and provide a rich oral-language environment."

Responsive to children's needs; strong infant/toddler support; relational trust evident across service.

Whānau partnership
C
"Reciprocal relationships between parents, whānau and teachers promote information sharing to support learning, however there is variability in how this is reflected in assessment and planning."

Communication established but inconsistent integration into assessment and planning documentation.

Bicultural practice
B
"Children of Māori and Pacific heritages experience environments and resources that include their languages. The teaching team deliberately affirms and celebrates the cultures and languages of the children attending through the enacted curriculum."

Deliberate affirmation and celebration of languages and cultures; resources include te reo Māori.

Health & safety

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Leadership & governance
B
"Relational trust is evident across the service. Leaders mentor and coach teachers as a professional learning community. Teachers engage in ongoing learning to build their knowledge and foster positive outcomes for children."

Strong mentoring and coaching; collaborative professional learning; internal evaluation needs strengthening.

Source: Education Review Office review of New Plymouth YMCA Childcare Centre dated 2024-02-23, 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 computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where New Plymouth YMCA Childcare Centre 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.

67 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2425)
70
Wellbeing
20%
Grade B · bottom 10% of band (n=1871)
70
Health & Safety
20%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
66
est
Leadership
15%
Grade B · below band median (n=2400)
70
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=1880)
50
Bicultural Practice
12.5%
Grade B · near band median (n=2375)
70

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

83 Liardet Street, New Plymouth Central. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is New Plymouth YMCA Childcare Centre a free kindergarten?
New Plymouth YMCA Childcare Centre is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at New Plymouth YMCA Childcare Centre?
49 children attend New Plymouth YMCA Childcare Centre (roll year 2025).
Where is New Plymouth YMCA Childcare Centre?
83 Liardet Street New Plymouth Central New Plymouth District

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Sources & verification

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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

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

Annual financial returns (community-based + umbrella orgs)

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

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

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.