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The Garden Early Childhood Centre Gate Pa

Education & Care

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1021 Cameron Road, Gate Pa · Tauranga City

Total roll
40
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
30083

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 · 2026-02-10

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
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Whānau partnership
B
"Positive steps are taken to respect and acknowledge aspirations held by parents. When necessary, guidance is sought from agencies/services, for adults to work effectively with children and their parents."

Positive engagement with parents and collaborative support-seeking practices.

Bicultural practice
↓C
"increasing opportunities children have to hear and use te reo Māori and experience tikanga Māori in meaningful learning contexts"

Te reo and tikanga integration identified as area needing development and expansion.

Health & safety
B
"Health and safetyMeeting"

Regulatory standard for health and safety being met.

Leadership & governance
B
"Operational oversight and leadership are provided by the centre owner and head teacher."

Clear leadership structure established under new ownership.

Source: Education Review Office review of The Garden Early Childhood Centre Gate Pa dated 2026-02-10, 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 The Garden Early Childhood Centre Gate Pa 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%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=2425)
71
est
Wellbeing
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=1871)
74
est
Health & Safety
20%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
70
Leadership
15%
Grade B · below band median (n=2400)
70
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
Bicultural Practice
12.5%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=2375)
50

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

1021 Cameron Road, Gate Pa. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is The Garden Early Childhood Centre Gate Pa a free kindergarten?
The Garden Early Childhood Centre Gate Pa is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at The Garden Early Childhood Centre Gate Pa?
40 children attend The Garden Early Childhood Centre Gate Pa (roll year 2025).
Where is The Garden Early Childhood Centre Gate Pa?
1021 Cameron Road Gate Pa Tauranga City

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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.