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Stepping Stones Childcare Centre

Education & Care

📞 04-5287913 🌐 Visit website ↗ ✉ Email centre

29 Seddon Street, Upper Hutt CBD · Upper Hutt City

Total roll
43
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
60232

Roll breakdown

By age

By ethnicity

Note: a child may be counted under multiple ethnicities (total may exceed roll).

Operator

Stepping Stones

Cultural & rohe

ERO review

Akarangi · 2026-01-22

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
→B
"The participation and wellbeing of children requiring additional support, including infants and toddlers, are fostered through teachers attuned to individual preferences and routines."

Strong responsive approach to children's wellbeing and individual needs.

Whānau partnership
C
"The team has yet to achieve parent partnership in assessment."

Parent communication established but partnership in assessment is emerging.

Bicultural practice
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Health & safety
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Leadership & governance
→B
"Strong leadership and high levels of relational trust promote staff wellbeing and teamwork. Relevant, professional learning and leadership opportunities have resulted in sound and consistent practice focused on child outcomes."

Strong relational leadership; internal evaluation framework in place but not yet optimised.

Source: Education Review Office review of Stepping Stones Childcare Centre dated 2026-01-22, 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 Stepping Stones Childcare 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.

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

29 Seddon Street, Upper Hutt CBD. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Stepping Stones Childcare Centre a free kindergarten?
Stepping Stones Childcare Centre is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Stepping Stones Childcare Centre?
43 children attend Stepping Stones Childcare Centre (roll year 2025).
Where is Stepping Stones Childcare Centre?
29 Seddon Street Upper Hutt CBD Upper Hutt City

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

Nearby & related

Happy Days Childcare Centre 0.3 km
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Manawa Children's Village 0.5 km
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Childhood Concepts Goodshed Rd 0.6 km
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All centres in Upper Hutt CBD
Including the 6 others nearby
Cost of daycare in Upper Hutt CBD
By age + FamilyBoost net
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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.