Puketapu Community Early Childhood Education Centre
Education & Care
693 Puketapu Road, Poraiti Hills · Hastings 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 · 2025-02-28
"The programme for children effectively responds to their interests and ideas. Child-led learning experiences encourage sustained interactions and participation."
Child-led learning effective; assessment practice needs strengthening.
"Children's transition out of the centre is well managed. Teachers use a suitable range of strategies to build and maintain relationships with the local school."
Transitions well-managed; children enthusiastic learners with strong relationships.
"The programme invites engagement in a wide and rich range of learning experiences with a strong focus on gaining parent aspirations connecting to children's home settings."
Parent aspirations integrated; community connections developing.
"Māori, and all children, regularly experience te ao Māori as a meaningful part of their early childhood experience. Children and adults have increased opportunities to learn about the whakapapa of the local land."
Te ao Māori embedded; cultural responsive practices developing.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Management and teachers are establishing the conditions to effectively support collaboration for improvement."
Collaboration and improvement processes establishing; evaluation capability developing.
Source: Education Review Office review of Puketapu Community Early Childhood Education Centre dated 2025-02-28, 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 3 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.
Composite score
How this is computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Puketapu Community Early Childhood Education 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
693 Puketapu Road, Poraiti Hills. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Operator financials
Source: Charities Services Annual Return
Frequently asked
- Is Puketapu Community Early Childhood Education Centre a free kindergarten?
- Puketapu Community Early Childhood Education Centre is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Puketapu Community Early Childhood Education Centre?
- 27 children attend Puketapu Community Early Childhood Education Centre (roll year 2025).
- Where is Puketapu Community Early Childhood Education Centre?
- 693 Puketapu Road Poraiti Hills Hastings District
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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 #55352) ↗ · CC-BY 4.0 via data.govt.nz
- ERO reviews: ERO institution page ↗ · Crown copyright (reuse permitted with attribution)
- Financials (2024-12-31): Charities Services Annual Return ↗ · CC-BY 4.0 via charities.govt.nz
- 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.