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Stratford Community Childcare Centre

Education & Care

40 Orlando Street, Stratford Central · Stratford District

Stratford Community Childcare Centre is an education and care service in Stratford Central with a current roll of 48 children. Our analysis of the ERO report identified intentional teaching and assessment practices, though Te Whāriki outcomes were applied inconsistently. Leadership and governance showed strong team collaboration and professional learning, with evolving systems and useful strategic alignment.

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

Total roll
48
2025
Under 2s
20 Hours ECE
MOE #
50500

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 · 2024-09-02

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
B
"Children experience meaningful learning experiences in play-based contexts. Kaiako know the children well and gather a range of information that reflects their increasing capabilities."

Intentional teaching and assessment evident, but Te Whāriki outcomes inconsistently applied.

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

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Leadership & governance
B
"Relational trust and communication promote team collaboration. The centre manager, leaders and kaiako work well together to build their professional knowledge and shared understandings of practice. Leaders and kaiako are guided by evolving systems and processes that maintain management of the centre."

Strong team collaboration and professional learning; systems evolving with useful strategic alignment.

Source: Education Review Office review of Stratford Community Childcare Centre dated 2024-09-02, 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 Stratford Community 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.

69 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2425)
70
Wellbeing
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=1871)
74
est
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%
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

40 Orlando Street, Stratford Central. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Operator financials

Year ended2025-03-31
Total revenue$923,366
Surplus / deficit$82,929
Paid employees14

Source: Charities Services Annual Return

Frequently asked

Is Stratford Community Childcare Centre a free kindergarten?
Stratford Community Childcare Centre is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Stratford Community Childcare Centre?
48 children attend Stratford Community Childcare Centre (roll year 2025).
Where is Stratford Community Childcare Centre?
40 Orlando Street Stratford Central Stratford District

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Sources & verification

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Data sources & freshness (4 sources · last refresh 12 July 2026)

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

Annual financial returns (community-based + umbrella orgs)

As of: 2025-03-31· Refresh: Annual filings · re-ingested with each refresh

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

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.