Palmerston Playcentre
Playcentre
27 Stour Street, Palmerston · Waitaki District
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
Education Review · 2025-07-17
"Assessment and planning processes successfully support the programme in action, and individual and group learning. Formats for individual planning and assessment are simple and easy to use."
Assessment and planning effective, but Te Whāriki implementation identified as next step.
"Infants and toddlers are happy, confident and settled in the centre environment."
Children well supported, happy, confident and settled in environment.
"Genuine learning partnerships between parents and the educator are clearly evident. Parents are partners in goal setting, planning and assessing their children's learning."
Strong parent-educator partnerships in planning and assessment.
"bicultural perspectives continue to be extended and integrated into the programme."
Bicultural practice identified as area for continued extension and integration.
"High adult to child ratios ensure these young children are always well supervised by a responsive adult."
Ratios exceed minimums; supervision and safety systems compliant.
"Internal evaluation is resulting in well planned, positive improvements to the environment, the programme and children's learning. Useful professional development and support from the CSW have increased parent and educator understanding and use of internal evaluation processes."
Internal evaluation embedded; professional development improving practice.
Source: Education Review Office review of Palmerston 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
27 Stour Street, Palmerston. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Palmerston Playcentre a free kindergarten?
- Palmerston Playcentre is a Playcentre service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Palmerston Playcentre?
- 25 children attend Palmerston Playcentre (roll year 2025).
- Where is Palmerston Playcentre?
- 27 Stour Street Palmerston Waitaki 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 #81030) ↗ · 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.