Pohutukawa 1 - Quality
Home-based
7 Ballance Street, Whataupoko · Gisborne 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
Akarangi · 2024-02-01
"Leaders have identified that the assessment, planning and evaluation process requires strengthening. As a part of this process, the service should identify their priorities for children's learning aligned to the learning outcomes of Te Whāriki (2017) and develop written guidelines to support educators' understanding of how to promote these."
Assessment and planning process requires strengthening; guidelines needed for Te Whāriki alignment.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Strong, trusting relationships with parents, whānau, educators and leaders are evident throughout the organisation. Parents and educators spoken with during the review feel well supported and they contributed to the recently reviewed philosophy."
Strong partnerships; parents feel well supported and contributed to philosophy.
"Ongoing access to external professional development has increased leaders', teachers' and educators' knowledge and understanding of te ao Māori and use of te reo Māori. The service has identified that further deepening adults' understanding of Māori concepts and how this can be meaningfully integrated within the home-based setting continues to be a next step."
Some professional development in te ao Māori and te reo Māori; deepening understanding identified as next step.
"Significant progress has been made to develop suitable systems and processes to provide assurance at management and governance levels, so that the service is meeting legislative requirements, particularly those related to health and safety."
Significant progress made; systems developed to meet legislative health and safety requirements.
"An ongoing system of internal evaluation results in changes of practice. A next step is to refine the focus of evaluations aligned to indicators of high-quality practice that focus on learning outcomes for children."
Internal evaluation in place but requires refinement to focus on learning outcomes and decision-making.
Source: Education Review Office review of Pohutukawa 1 - Quality dated 2024-02-01, 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 Pohutukawa 1 - Quality 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
7 Ballance Street, Whataupoko. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Pohutukawa 1 - Quality a free kindergarten?
- Pohutukawa 1 - Quality is a Home-based service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Pohutukawa 1 - Quality?
- 80 children attend Pohutukawa 1 - Quality (roll year 2025).
- Where is Pohutukawa 1 - Quality?
- 7 Ballance Street Whataupoko Gisborne District
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #30300) ↗ · 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.