The Cathedral Grammar School Pre-School
Education & Care
2 Chester Street West, Christchurch Central · Christchurch City
The Cathedral Grammar School Pre-School is an education and care service for 50 children in Christchurch Central. Our analysis of the ERO report identifies strengths in whānau partnership, with parent aspirations reflected in learning planning. Areas for development include inconsistent bicultural practice, health and safety non-compliance in documentation, and self-review processes that need to more effectively evaluate curriculum and practice outcomes.
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 · 2023-06-15
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Documentation makes learning visible and takes into consideration the aspirations of parents and whānau."
Parent aspirations incorporated into documentation and learning planning.
"The bicultural curriculum is developing. Aspects of tikanga Māori and te reo Māori are integrated in policies, and practice. Leaders and teachers have yet to fully incorporate te ao Māori into all areas of the daily programme, including integrating local mana whenua perspectives into the curriculum."
Bicultural practice emerging but inconsistent; te ao Māori and mana whenua perspectives not yet fully integrated.
"ERO identified the following areas of non-compliance: Records of regular excursions include the time and date of the excursion. Records for the administration of medication include date and time medicine was administered."
Non-compliance in excursion and medication documentation record-keeping requirements.
"Internal evaluation is not yet used effectively to know whether aspects of the curriculum and practice are working well or not, and for whom."
Self-review established but internal evaluation lacks effectiveness in assessing curriculum and practice outcomes.
Source: Education Review Office review of The Cathedral Grammar School Pre-School dated 2023-06-15, 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 2 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.
Composite score
How this is computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where The Cathedral Grammar School Pre-School 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
2 Chester Street West, Christchurch Central. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
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Frequently asked
- Is The Cathedral Grammar School Pre-School a free kindergarten?
- The Cathedral Grammar School Pre-School is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at The Cathedral Grammar School Pre-School?
- 50 children attend The Cathedral Grammar School Pre-School (roll year 2025).
- Where is The Cathedral Grammar School Pre-School?
- 2 Chester Street West Christchurch Central 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 #70472) ↗ · 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.