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Rutene Road Kindergarten

Kindergarten

📞 06-8676538 ✉ Email centre

Rutene Road, Kaiti · Gisborne District

ERO assessed the service as Not well placed in May 2018. Our analysis of the ERO report found strengths in curriculum and learning (highly responsive, child-led programme with intentional teaching) and whānau partnership (active involvement in curriculum and strategic decisions). Health and safety systems were in place, though graded as developing in this area.

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

Total roll
45
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
5274

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

ERO Review · 2018-05-24

This review predates ERO's current 4-point placement scale (introduced 2020). The overall judgement is omitted; the per-dimension grades below are extracted from the review prose and remain comparable.

Review is 8 years old. ERO reassesses most services on a 3-year cycle, so a current review is likely in progress or recently due. Per-dimension grades below reflect this review's prose — they're useful as historical context but the centre's current quality may differ.
Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
↑A
"Children benefit from a programme that is highly responsive to their strengths, needs and interests. The child-led play-based programme encourages children's independence. Children are affirmed as competent and confident learners."

Highly responsive, child-led programme with intentional teaching evident

Children's wellbeing
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Whānau partnership
A
"Partnerships with whānau are well established. Whānau are actively involved in curriculum and strategic decisions. Their expertise is used and actively promoted."

Whānau actively involved in curriculum and strategic decisions, expertise valued

Bicultural practice
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

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."

Management assurance completed; systems in place for health and safety compliance

Leadership & governance
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Source: Education Review Office review of Rutene Road Kindergarten dated 2018-05-24, 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 computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Rutene Road Kindergarten 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.

76 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Grade A · top quartile of band (n=2425)
90
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 A · top quartile of band (n=1880)
90
Bicultural Practice
12.5%
Estimated from national average · near band median (n=2375)
64
est

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

Rutene Road, Kaiti. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Rutene Road Kindergarten a free kindergarten?
Rutene Road Kindergarten is a Free Kindergarten. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds — you may also be eligible for FamilyBoost and Childcare Subsidy.
What's the roll at Rutene Road Kindergarten?
45 children attend Rutene Road Kindergarten (roll year 2025).
Where is Rutene Road Kindergarten?
Rutene Road Kaiti Gisborne District

How much will this cost you? Use our FamilyBoost + Childcare Subsidy calculator to estimate your weekly out-of-pocket after government support.

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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.