New Shoots Childrens Centre - The Lakes
Education & Care
2 Flack Street, Pyes Pa · Tauranga City
New Shoots Childrens Centre - The Lakes is an education and care service in Pyes Pa with a current roll of 90 children. Our analysis of the ERO report (March 2024) found the service graded B across Curriculum & learning, Children's wellbeing, and Whānau partnership. The centre provides effective learning opportunities with some te reo Māori integration, maintains strong relationships and calm routines, and works intentionally with families on individual goals.
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
New Shoots Children's Centres Cultural & rohe
ERO review
Akarangi · 2024-03-07
"Children have many opportunities to lead their own learning. They hear and experience some te reo Māori and aspects of tikanga Māori through the curriculum."
Effective learning opportunities with some te reo Māori integration; further bicultural development needed.
"Children have respectful relationships with each other and their teachers within the well-resourced learning-based play environments. Infants and toddlers experience a curriculum that promotes calm, unhurried care routines and interactions with teachers who know them well."
Strong relationships, calm routines, well-resourced environments supporting children's belonging.
"Children with additional needs are well supported to achieve their individual goals through partnership with parents and external specialists."
Effective partnerships with families on individual goals; intentional child and whānau-centred decision-making.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Source: Education Review Office review of New Shoots Childrens Centre - The Lakes dated 2024-03-07, 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 Childrens Centre - The Lakes 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
2 Flack Street, Pyes Pa. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
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Frequently asked
- Is New Shoots Childrens Centre - The Lakes a free kindergarten?
- New Shoots Childrens Centre - The Lakes is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at New Shoots Childrens Centre - The Lakes?
- 90 children attend New Shoots Childrens Centre - The Lakes (roll year 2025).
- Where is New Shoots Childrens Centre - The Lakes?
- 2 Flack Street Pyes Pa 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 #47742) ↗ · 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
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