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Seedlings Nature Kindergarten

Education & Care

📞 06-7586694

19 Hadley Drive, RD 1, Upper Vogeltown · New Plymouth District

Seedlings Nature Kindergarten is an education and care service for 20 children in Upper Vogeltown. Our analysis of the ERO report from November 2023 found the service graded B for health and safety (with previous outdoor supervision issues now resolved) and B for leadership and governance (with sound HR practices and internal evaluation processes in place).

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

Total roll
20
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
46657

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

Akanuku · 2023-11-07

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
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Health & safety
↑B
"Since the onsite visit, the service has provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed the following noncompliance: Ensuring the outdoor learning environment is effectively supervised whenever children are present."

Non-compliance regarding outdoor supervision has been addressed and resolved.

Leadership & governance
→B
"Suitable human resource practices, internal evaluation and appraisal processes are implemented."

Sound HR practices and internal evaluation processes are in place.

Source: Education Review Office review of Seedlings Nature Kindergarten dated 2023-11-07, 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 Seedlings Nature 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.

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%
Grade B · below band median (n=2400)
70
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
est
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

19 Hadley Drive, RD 1, Upper Vogeltown. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Seedlings Nature Kindergarten a free kindergarten?
Seedlings Nature Kindergarten is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Seedlings Nature Kindergarten?
20 children attend Seedlings Nature Kindergarten (roll year 2025).
Where is Seedlings Nature Kindergarten?
19 Hadley Drive, RD 1 Upper Vogeltown New Plymouth 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: 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.