Te Whare Rama | Light House Early Learning Centre Balcairn Street
Education & Care
6 Balcairn Street, Halswell · Christchurch City
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 · 2025-10-22
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Infants and toddlers experience respectful, unhurried interactions with teachers who know them well."
Strong teacher-child relationships; sense of belonging supported; caring partnerships evident.
"Collaboration between parents and teachers enable them to know children, their interests and home lives well and use this information to add complexity to their learning."
Strong parent-teacher partnerships; collaboration to understand children's interests and home lives.
"Te reo Māori and tikanga Māori are valued and a fundamental part of teaching and learning."
Te reo and tikanga embedded; multiple resources celebrate own and others' cultures and identities.
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Legal compliance attested; systems for emotional and physical safety in place; 100% qualified staff.
"However, leaders and teachers are at the early stages of developing the capability to effectively use internal evaluation as a means to know what is working or not and for whom and to take planned action for improvement."
Self-review systematic but early-stage capability in internal evaluation; improvement actions identified.
Source: Education Review Office review of Te Whare Rama | Light House Early Learning Centre Balcairn Street dated 2025-10-22, 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 computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Te Whare Rama | Light House Early Learning Centre Balcairn Street 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
6 Balcairn Street, Halswell. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Te Whare Rama | Light House Early Learning Centre Balcairn Street a free kindergarten?
- Te Whare Rama | Light House Early Learning Centre Balcairn Street is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Te Whare Rama | Light House Early Learning Centre Balcairn Street?
- 50 children attend Te Whare Rama | Light House Early Learning Centre Balcairn Street (roll year 2025).
- Where is Te Whare Rama | Light House Early Learning Centre Balcairn Street?
- 6 Balcairn Street Halswell Christchurch 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 #70364) ↗ · 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.