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.
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
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"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.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"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.
"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 computedOne 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.
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.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
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
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 #70149) ↗ · 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.