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Reefton Early Learning Centre

Education & Care

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Reefton Early learning Centre 4 Victory Street, Reefton · Buller District

Reefton Early Learning Centre is an education and care service in Reefton with 23 children on roll. Our analysis of the 2023 ERO report identifies bicultural practice and health and safety as both B-graded dimensions. The centre has established bicultural curriculum with local tangata whenua input and meets legal compliance requirements for health and safety.

AI-generated summary of this centre's ERO review data — verify against the ERO report below. How summaries are generated.

Total roll
23
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
65226

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 · 2023-11-02

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
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
↓B
"The bicultural curriculum draws on cultural knowledge, informed by local tangata whenua. Teachers provide children with opportunities to learn about the bicultural heritages of Aotearoa New Zealand, although they acknowledge this as an area of ongoing growth."

Bicultural curriculum established with local tangata whenua input; identified for growth.

Health & safety
B
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."

No concerns noted; legal compliance requirements being met.

Leadership & governance
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Source: Education Review Office review of Reefton Early Learning Centre dated 2023-11-02, 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 Reefton Early Learning 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.

70 / 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%
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

Reefton Early learning Centre 4 Victory Street, Reefton. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Operator financials

Year ended2024-12-31
Total revenue$350,146
Surplus / deficit$31,796
Paid employees8

Source: Charities Services Annual Return

Frequently asked

Is Reefton Early Learning Centre a free kindergarten?
Reefton Early Learning Centre is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Reefton Early Learning Centre?
23 children attend Reefton Early Learning Centre (roll year 2025).
Where is Reefton Early Learning Centre?
Reefton Early learning Centre 4 Victory Street Reefton Buller District

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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: 2024-12-31· 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.