The James Street Pre-School
Education & Care
5 James Street, Redcliffs · Christchurch City
The James Street Pre-School is an education and care service in Redcliffs with a current roll of 54 children. Our analysis of the ERO report (February 2023) shows the service received a B grade for children's wellbeing, with calm and nurturing interactions and emotional safety systems in place, and a B grade for health and safety with legal compliance systems established. Areas for development identified include whānau partnership and bicultural practice, both graded C, with the service working on consistent integration of family cultural identity and building teacher capability in te reo Māori use.
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 · 2023-02-17
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Infants and toddlers experience calm, nurturing interactions with attentive adults."
Calm, nurturing interactions established; emotional safety systems in place.
"Leaders and teachers are yet to regularly include the language, culture, and learner identity of each child's cultural context in learning documentation."
Family cultural identity not yet consistently documented or integrated in learning.
"Teachers use some te reo Māori within learning programmes. However, more work is needed to build their capability and confidence."
Te reo Māori use emerging; teachers need capability and confidence building.
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Legal compliance systems attested; no concerns noted in assurance review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Source: Education Review Office review of The James Street Pre-School dated 2023-02-17, 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 James Street 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
5 James Street, Redcliffs. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is The James Street Pre-School a free kindergarten?
- The James Street 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 James Street Pre-School?
- 54 children attend The James Street Pre-School (roll year 2025).
- Where is The James Street Pre-School?
- 5 James Street Redcliffs 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 #70542) ↗ · 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.