New Shoots Children's Centre - Bayfair
Education & Care
1E Salt Avenue, Mt Maunganui · Tauranga City
An ERO review in June 2024 did not assign an overall placement. Our analysis of the ERO report identified B grades across whānau partnership, bicultural practice, and leadership and governance, with active parent engagement and intentional Te ao Māori integration noted.
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
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Operator
New Shoots Children's Centres Cultural & rohe
ERO review
Akarangi · 2024-06-04
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Teachers in the culturally diverse teaching team, and parents, actively share and lead significant celebrations and speak their home languages with children."
Active parent engagement in celebrations and cultural sharing; partnership evident.
"Aspects of te ao Māori (the Māori world) are intentionally integrated into daily curriculum experiences."
Te ao Māori intentionally integrated; developing bicultural practice evident.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Effective, improvement-focused governance and management processes include a well-considered strategic plan and relevant systems that intentionally guide improvement across the New Shoots group."
Strategic planning and systems embedded; evaluation practice development identified as next step.
Source: Education Review Office review of New Shoots Children's Centre - Bayfair dated 2024-06-04, 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 computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where New Shoots Children's Centre - Bayfair 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
1E Salt Avenue, Mt Maunganui. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
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Frequently asked
- Is New Shoots Children's Centre - Bayfair a free kindergarten?
- New Shoots Children's Centre - Bayfair is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at New Shoots Children's Centre - Bayfair?
- 85 children attend New Shoots Children's Centre - Bayfair (roll year 2025).
- Where is New Shoots Children's Centre - Bayfair?
- 1E Salt Avenue Mt Maunganui Tauranga 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 #47827) ↗ · 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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