Te Aroha Noa Early Childhood Centre
Education & Care
24 Brentwood Avenue, Highbury · Palmerston North City
Te Aroha Noa Early Childhood Centre is an education and care service in Highbury with 45 children on roll. Our analysis of the ERO report from February 2024 shows the centre received B grades across all five dimensions assessed: curriculum and learning, children's wellbeing, whānau partnership, bicultural practice, and health and safety. The centre demonstrates effective curriculum with intentional teaching, strong social-emotional outcomes for children, responsive whānau engagement, embedded te reo and tikanga, and verified legal compliance.
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 · 2024-02-08
"Tamariki benefit from a curriculum that actively strengthens their oral language and positive social outcomes. Kaiako purposefully interact with tamariki to develop language, social and emotional competence."
Effective curriculum with intentional teaching, though assessment documentation requires strengthening.
"Whanaungatanga strongly underpins relationships with tamariki and their whānau. Transitions into and from the service are intentional and responsive to individual needs."
Strong belonging and responsive transitions; children experience positive social-emotional outcomes.
"Ongoing discussions with whānau allow kaiako to provide a curriculum that reflects the cultural contexts of tamariki and promotes their mana."
Responsive communication and partnership; whānau voice shapes curriculum.
"Te reo me ngā tikanga Māori are integrated into daily practice."
Te reo and tikanga embedded in daily practice; whanaungatanga underpins relationships.
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Legal compliance verified; management assurance statement completed for all requirements.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Source: Education Review Office review of Te Aroha Noa Early Childhood Centre dated 2024-02-08, 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 Te Aroha Noa Early Childhood 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.
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
24 Brentwood Avenue, Highbury. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Te Aroha Noa Early Childhood Centre a free kindergarten?
- Te Aroha Noa Early Childhood Centre is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Te Aroha Noa Early Childhood Centre?
- 45 children attend Te Aroha Noa Early Childhood Centre (roll year 2025).
- Where is Te Aroha Noa Early Childhood Centre?
- 24 Brentwood Avenue Highbury Palmerston North City
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Sources & verification
Every fact on this page links back to its government source. Verify directly:
- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #50074) ↗ · 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.