Polyhigh Community Childcare Centre
Education & Care
Taranaki Street, Wellington CBD · Wellington City
Polyhigh Community Childcare Centre is an education and care service in Wellington CBD with a current roll of 50 children. Our analysis of the ERO report identifies caring relationships and responsive teaching practices supporting children's social-emotional development, with positive parent relationships and learning-focused partnerships emerging. Leadership and governance show collaborative practice, though the internal evaluation framework is not yet effectively used for improvement.
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 · 2023-02-14
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"They build caring and reciprocal relationships supporting children to develop a sense of belonging. Infants and toddlers benefit from calm, attentive teachers who support them to lead their own learning and are highly responsive to their verbal and non-verbal cues."
Caring relationships and belonging evident; responsive teaching practices support children's social-emotional developmen
"Positive relationships with parents are evident. Teachers are increasingly working towards building learning- focused partnerships with all parents."
Positive parent relationships established; learning-focused partnerships emerging and developing.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Leaders and teachers work collaboratively to build their professional practice. Self-review is used to inform change by reflecting on existing practice. There is a framework for internal evaluation in place. However, leaders and teachers are yet to effectively use internal evaluation for improvement. The board is proactive and well informed about the day-to-day operations but do not yet receive sufficient reporting about learning outcomes for all children or progress towards the strategic goals."
Collaborative practice evident; internal evaluation framework exists but not yet effectively used for improvement; gover
Source: Education Review Office review of Polyhigh Community Childcare Centre dated 2023-02-14, 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 Polyhigh Community Childcare Centre 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
Taranaki Street, Wellington CBD. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Polyhigh Community Childcare Centre a free kindergarten?
- Polyhigh Community Childcare Centre is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Polyhigh Community Childcare Centre?
- 50 children attend Polyhigh Community Childcare Centre (roll year 2025).
- Where is Polyhigh Community Childcare Centre?
- Taranaki Street Wellington CBD Wellington 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 #60189) ↗ · 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
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