Otorohanga Playcentre
Playcentre
40 Te Kawa Street, Ōtorohanga · Ōtorohanga District
Roll breakdown
By age
By ethnicity
Note: a child may be counted under multiple ethnicities (total may exceed roll).
Operator
Playcentre Aotearoa Cultural & rohe
ERO review
Education Review · 2025-07-17
"Oral language, literacy, mathematics, science and sensory experiences are well promoted and integrated into play."
Well-promoted curriculum areas integrated into play-based learning.
"Children benefit from positive, sensitive and responsive relationships with adults."
Positive relationships and responsive care support children's wellbeing.
"Parent aspirations and what children learn at the centre are well documented providing members with knowledge to plan further learning opportunities."
Good documentation of parent aspirations supports learning partnerships.
"Maori children's culture and identity is highly recognised at the centre. There is a continued focus on building capability of member's use of te reo Māori during the session."
Māori culture well-recognised; ongoing development of te reo Māori use.
"ERO identified areas of non-compliance relating to health and safety. To meet requirements the service needs to improve its performance in the following areas: securing items on shelves that could fall on children the display of a current Fire Evacuations Scheme by the New Zealand Fire Service."
Non-compliance identified with shelf safety and fire evacuation scheme display.
"Leadership shows a strong commitment to the philosophy, vision and goals. A high level of relational trust is evident among all who are involved in the running of the playcentre."
Strong commitment to vision; high relational trust evident in leadership.
Source: Education Review Office review of Otorohanga Playcentre dated 2025-07-17, 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). · Centre has 3 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.
Composite score
How this is computedThe 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
40 Te Kawa Street, Ōtorohanga. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Operator financials
Source: Charities Services Annual Return
Frequently asked
- Is Otorohanga Playcentre a free kindergarten?
- Otorohanga Playcentre is a Playcentre service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Otorohanga Playcentre?
- 30 children attend Otorohanga Playcentre (roll year 2025).
- Where is Otorohanga Playcentre?
- 40 Te Kawa Street Ōtorohanga Ōtorohanga District
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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 #31004) ↗ · CC-BY 4.0 via data.govt.nz
- ERO reviews: ERO institution page ↗ · Crown copyright (reuse permitted with attribution)
- Financials (2016-08-31): Charities Services Annual Return ↗ · CC-BY 4.0 via charities.govt.nz
- 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.