No Cotton Wool Kids Hawke's Bay
Home-based
9 Drake Crescent, Maraenui · Napier City
ERO's 2023 review found the service demonstrates consistent Te Whāriki implementation and supports children's wellbeing through real-life experiences (both graded B). Our analysis of the ERO report identified that whānau partnership requires improvement, with inconsistent sharing of learning progress (graded C), while health and safety practices meet legal requirements (graded 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 · 2023-03-28
"Children have equitable opportunities to learn through a localised curriculum consistent with Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum."
Consistent Te Whāriki implementation with localised curriculum supporting equitable learning.
"Caring for self, others and the environment is prioritised. A wide range of home-based, real-life experiences successfully promote learning."
Caring environment with real-life experiences supporting positive wellbeing outcomes.
"The service has established relationships with parents and whānau and is building on these to increase the focus on progress and learning for all children."
Relationships established but inconsistent sharing of learning progress; improvement needed.
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."
Compliance with legal requirements confirmed through assurance processes.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Source: Education Review Office review of No Cotton Wool Kids Hawke's Bay dated 2023-03-28, 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 computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where No Cotton Wool Kids Hawke's Bay 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
9 Drake Crescent, Maraenui. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
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Frequently asked
- Is No Cotton Wool Kids Hawke's Bay a free kindergarten?
- No Cotton Wool Kids Hawke's Bay is a Home-based service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at No Cotton Wool Kids Hawke's Bay?
- 80 children attend No Cotton Wool Kids Hawke's Bay (roll year 2025).
- Where is No Cotton Wool Kids Hawke's Bay?
- 9 Drake Crescent Maraenui Napier 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 #46219) ↗ · 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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