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Rakaia Little Learners Preschool

Education & Care

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52 Dunford Street, Rākaia · Ashburton District

Total roll
50
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
70168

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 · 2025-09-08

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
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Whānau partnership
↓C
"refining the assessment, planning and evaluation processes, to more clearly show how the aspirations held by parents and whānau are used"

Whānau aspirations not yet clearly integrated into planning; emerging opportunity to improve.

Bicultural practice
B
"It acknowledges and reflects the unique place of Māori as tangata whenua."

Centre acknowledges Māori as tangata whenua with sound bicultural commitment evident.

Health & safety
B
"At the time of the review, ERO found the service was taking reasonable steps to meet the regulatory standards."

Meets regulatory standards for health and safety compliance.

Leadership & governance
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Source: Education Review Office review of Rakaia Little Learners Preschool dated 2025-09-08, 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 3 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.

Composite score

How this is computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Rakaia Little Learners Preschool 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.

68 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=2425)
71
est
Wellbeing
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=1871)
74
est
Health & Safety
20%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
70
Leadership
15%
Estimated from national average · below band median (n=2400)
66
est
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=1880)
50
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

52 Dunford Street, Rākaia. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Rakaia Little Learners Preschool a free kindergarten?
Rakaia Little Learners Preschool is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Rakaia Little Learners Preschool?
50 children attend Rakaia Little Learners Preschool (roll year 2025).
Where is Rakaia Little Learners Preschool?
52 Dunford Street Rākaia Ashburton District

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Sources & verification

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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)
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.