Nurture and Bloom Early Learning Centre-Te Rapa
Education & Care
24 Brent Greig Lane, Burbush · Hamilton City
Nurture and Bloom Early Learning Centre-Te Rapa is an education and care service in Hamilton with 83 children on roll. Our analysis of the ERO report shows the centre has strengths in children's wellbeing and health and safety (both grade B), but is at an earlier stage in curriculum implementation, whānau partnership, and bicultural practice (all grade C).
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 · 2024-06-17
"Teachers and leaders are beginning to explore the learning outcomes in Te Whāriki the early childhood curriculum. However, they are not yet using these to identify priorities for learning."
Beginning to explore Te Whāriki but not yet using it to identify learning priorities.
"Children experience a respectful curriculum of care. Very young children learn in a calm environment. Teachers support children to grow their social competencies."
Respectful care, calm environment, and support for social-emotional growth evident.
"The service is in the early stages of designing and implementing a culturally responsive curriculum in partnership with parents."
Early-stage partnership with families on culturally responsive curriculum.
"Children experience some te reo Māori and tikanga Māori. Strengthening the visibility of childrens language and cultures through resourcing and planning is now needed."
Some te reo Māori and tikanga present; visibility of languages and cultures needs strengthening.
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Management confirmed compliance with health and safety legal requirements.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Source: Education Review Office review of Nurture and Bloom Early Learning Centre-Te Rapa dated 2024-06-17, 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).
Composite score
How this is computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Nurture and Bloom Early Learning Centre-Te Rapa 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
24 Brent Greig Lane, Burbush. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Nurture and Bloom Early Learning Centre-Te Rapa a free kindergarten?
- Nurture and Bloom Early Learning Centre-Te Rapa is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Nurture and Bloom Early Learning Centre-Te Rapa?
- 83 children attend Nurture and Bloom Early Learning Centre-Te Rapa (roll year 2025).
- Where is Nurture and Bloom Early Learning Centre-Te Rapa?
- 24 Brent Greig Lane Burbush Hamilton City
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Sources & verification
Every fact on this page links back to its government source. Verify directly:
- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #48117) ↗ · 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
Last build refresh: . See full methodology + data sources pages for licences, refresh cadences, and known gaps.