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Queens Park Early Childhood Education

Education & Care

📞 03-9310557 ✉ Email centre

61 Gala St, Avenal · Invercargill City

Total roll
35
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
65146

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 · 2025-03-14

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
B
"The curriculum aligns to the principles and strands of Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum. Children's cultures are reflected through the use of their home languages and cultural celebrations. They have opportunities to play indoors and outdoors, individually and in groups. Excursions are a regular part of the curriculum."

Curriculum aligns to Te Whāriki with cultural responsiveness and diverse learning opportunities.

Children's wellbeing
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
B
"Children's cultures are reflected through the use of their home languages and cultural celebrations."

Home languages and cultural celebrations are integrated into the service.

Health & safety
↓C
"Centre leaders must ensure there is consistent implementation of some health and safety practices to meet compliance with regulatory requirements."

Inconsistent implementation of health and safety practices; non-compliance with emergency drill recording.

Leadership & governance
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Source: Education Review Office review of Queens Park Early Childhood Education dated 2025-03-14, 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 3 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.

Composite score

How this is computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Queens Park Early Childhood Education 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%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2425)
70
Wellbeing
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=1871)
74
est
Health & Safety
20%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=2319)
50
Leadership
15%
Estimated from national average · below band median (n=2400)
66
est
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
est
Bicultural Practice
12.5%
Grade B · near band median (n=2375)
70

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 Gala St, Avenal. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Queens Park Early Childhood Education a free kindergarten?
Queens Park Early Childhood Education is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Queens Park Early Childhood Education?
35 children attend Queens Park Early Childhood Education (roll year 2025).
Where is Queens Park Early Childhood Education?
61 Gala St Avenal Invercargill City

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Sources & verification

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Data sources & freshness (4 sources · last refresh 12 July 2026)
MoE ECE Directory

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
Charities Services

Annual financial returns (community-based + umbrella orgs)

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

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
Suburb context

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.