Play and Learn ECE - Fairfield
Education & Care
23 Old Brighton Road, Fairfield · Dunedin City
Our analysis of the ERO report shows Play and Learn ECE - Fairfield demonstrates solid curriculum and learning practices aligned to Te Whāriki, with responsive interactions supporting children's wellbeing. Areas for development include strengthening whānau partnership and bicultural practice, and addressing health and safety compliance concerns in hazard management and supervision.
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 · 2022-05-10
"Assessment, planning, and evaluation practices reflect the strands and goals of Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum."
Te Whāriki alignment evident; assessment and planning show children's interests and participation.
"Teachers support children to play cooperatively with and alongside their peers. Teachers view children as confident and capable learners. Infants and toddlers learn in a mixed-aged setting where teachers are responsive to their verbal and non-verbal cues. Interactions are respectful and unhurried. These approaches support young children to build a strong sense of belonging."
Responsive interactions, cooperative play support, and strong sense of belonging demonstrated.
"Leaders and teachers have established respectful relationships with parents and whānau. They are at the early stages of involving parents in curriculum development and using the learning outcomes from Te Whāriki, to inform planning for learning."
Respectful relationships established; parent involvement in curriculum development is emerging.
"Teachers provide some opportunities for children to hear te reo Māori and experience aspects of tikanga Māori in the learning programme. An increased level of commitment is required of leaders and teachers to speak te reo Māori to promote the bicultural curriculum."
Limited te reo Māori use; increased commitment needed to embed bicultural practice.
"ERO found areas of non-compliance in the service relating to: daily hazard checklists must include all hazards listed in the Licensing Criteria children needing to be supervised and seated while eating."
Non-compliance noted in hazard checklists and child supervision during eating.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Source: Education Review Office review of Play and Learn ECE - Fairfield dated 2022-05-10, 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 Play and Learn ECE - Fairfield 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
23 Old Brighton Road, Fairfield. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
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Frequently asked
- Is Play and Learn ECE - Fairfield a free kindergarten?
- Play and Learn ECE - Fairfield is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Play and Learn ECE - Fairfield?
- 25 children attend Play and Learn ECE - Fairfield (roll year 2025).
- Where is Play and Learn ECE - Fairfield?
- 23 Old Brighton Road Fairfield Dunedin 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 #83062) ↗ · 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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