Small World Preschool and Nursery
Education & Care
304 Cranford Street, St Albans · Christchurch City
Small World Preschool and Nursery operates as an education and care service in St Albans with 37 children on roll. Our analysis of the 2023 ERO report identified strengths in children's wellbeing and whānau partnership, with areas for development in leadership and internal evaluation capability.
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 · 2023-04-18
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Leaders and teachers support Māori, children from other cultures, and those with additional learning needs to build a positive sense of belonging and wellbeing while increasing their social and emotional competence skills. Infants and toddlers are nurtured by attentive, responsive teachers who provide calm, unhurried routines."
Positive sense of belonging and wellbeing established across diverse learners with responsive routines.
"Learning partnerships with parents and whānau are well established. They frequently inform the assessment, planning and evaluation processes and practices."
Well-established partnerships with frequent family input into assessment and planning processes.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"More work is required to build all teachers capability to undertake effective internal evaluation and share the leadership of internal evaluation across the teaching team."
Leadership focus on learning is evident, but internal evaluation capability needs strengthening across team.
Source: Education Review Office review of Small World Preschool and Nursery dated 2023-04-18, 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 computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Small World Preschool and Nursery 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.
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
304 Cranford Street, St Albans. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Small World Preschool and Nursery a free kindergarten?
- Small World Preschool and Nursery is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Small World Preschool and Nursery?
- 37 children attend Small World Preschool and Nursery (roll year 2025).
- Where is Small World Preschool and Nursery?
- 304 Cranford Street St Albans Christchurch City
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #65064) ↗ · 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.