Queens Preschool
Education & Care
195 Surrey Street, St Clair · Dunedin City
Queens Preschool is an education and care service in St Clair, Dunedin, with a roll of 29 children. Our analysis of the ERO report shows strong performance across most dimensions: curriculum implementation, children's wellbeing, whānau partnership, health and safety, and leadership all received B grades. Bicultural practice received a C grade, with the ERO report noting that bicultural initiatives are emerging but personalised support for individual cultural identities remains inconsistent.
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 · 2022-09-08
"Assessment and curriculum design is underpinned by the principles and strands of Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum."
Effective Te Whāriki implementation with intentional teaching and assessment practices established.
"Children are empowered as independent and confident learners in an inclusive learning environment."
Children demonstrate strong independence, confidence, and supportive relationships with kaiako.
"Children are well supported through kaiako building caring and trusting learner-focused partnerships with them and their whānau."
Kaiako establish caring partnerships with families; responsive support evident.
"There is not yet clear evidence of how teachers support each child to be confident in their own language, culture, and identity."
Bicultural initiatives emerging but inconsistent personalised support for individual cultural identities.
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Legal requirements met; systems in place for physical and emotional safety.
"Internal evaluation is improvement focused and is becoming embedded."
Collaborative leadership with stable staffing; internal evaluation developing.
Source: Education Review Office review of Queens Preschool dated 2022-09-08, 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 computedThe 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
195 Surrey Street, St Clair. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Queens Preschool a free kindergarten?
- Queens Preschool is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Queens Preschool?
- 29 children attend Queens Preschool (roll year 2025).
- Where is Queens Preschool?
- 195 Surrey Street St Clair Dunedin 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 #83026) ↗ · 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.