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Poppies Preschool St Martins

Education & Care

61 St Martins Road, St Martins · Christchurch City

Poppies Preschool St Martins is an education and care service in St Martins, Christchurch with a current roll of 54 children. Our analysis of the ERO report (June 2023) shows strengths in children's wellbeing and health and safety, with warm, calm teacher engagement noted for infants and toddlers. Leadership and governance requires development, with the internal evaluation process still developing and impact measurement on learner outcomes needing strengthening.

AI-generated summary of this centre's ERO review data — verify against the ERO report below. How summaries are generated.

Total roll
54
2025
Under 2s
20 Hours ECE
MOE #
70149

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 · 2023-06-29

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Children's wellbeing
B
"Infants and toddlers are well supported in their learning by teachers who engage with them in warm and calm ways."

Warm, calm teacher engagement supports infants and toddlers' wellbeing and learning.

Whānau partnership

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Health & safety
B
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."

Service attested compliance with legal health and safety obligations; no concerns noted.

Leadership & governance
C
"At the monitoring and evaluating stage of the process, leaders and teachers are yet to measure the impact of improvements made on outcomes for individuals and groups of learners. The process also needs strengthening to include an evaluative question and the use of measurable indicators of quality at all stages of the evaluation."

Internal evaluation process developing; impact measurement on learner outcomes needs strengthening.

Source: Education Review Office review of Poppies Preschool St Martins dated 2023-06-29, 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 computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Poppies Preschool St Martins 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.

66 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=2425)
71
est
Wellbeing
20%
Grade B · bottom 10% of band (n=1871)
70
Health & Safety
20%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
70
Leadership
15%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=2400)
50
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
est
Bicultural Practice
12.5%
Estimated from national average · near band median (n=2375)
64
est

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

61 St Martins Road, St Martins. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Poppies Preschool St Martins a free kindergarten?
Poppies Preschool St Martins is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Poppies Preschool St Martins?
54 children attend Poppies Preschool St Martins (roll year 2025).
Where is Poppies Preschool St Martins?
61 St Martins Road St Martins Christchurch City

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Sources & verification

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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

As of: Roll year 2025· Refresh: Nightly source · re-pulled on every deploy

Annual financial returns (community-based + umbrella orgs)

As of: 545 centres covered· Refresh: Annual filings · re-ingested with each refresh

Per-centre review reports + 6-dimension letter grades (curriculum / wellbeing / whānau / bicultural / health & safety / leadership)

As of: 10,663 reports / 4,194 centres · latest review 2026-05-18· Refresh: On review publication · CC-BY 4.0 attribution

Safety score, crime/1k, 2023 Census demographics

As of: 2023 Census· Refresh: Quarterly police data · 5-yearly census

Last build refresh: . See full methodology + data sources pages for licences, refresh cadences, and known gaps.