The Learning Garden
Education & Care
2a Haggit Street, Sandon · Manawatu District
The Learning Garden received an Akarangi review in January 2023. Our analysis of the ERO report found strengths in curriculum and learning, whānau partnership, and health and safety compliance (all grade B). Bicultural practice and leadership and governance were identified as areas for development (both grade C).
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 · 2023-01-17
"Children benefit from a responsive curriculum that recognises them as individual learners."
Responsive, child-centred curriculum with intentional teaching evident
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Teachers are deliberate in gathering and using parent aspirations to inform planning."
Parent aspirations inform planning; partnerships between centre and home evident
"Māori and Pacific learners have their culture affirmed through artefacts, resources and some language."
Culture affirmed through resources and some language; opportunity to deepen
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Legal compliance confirmed through assurance statement and self-audit checklist
"Organisational leaders are yet to utilise evaluation findings to understand progress toward strategic priorities."
Strategic direction established but evaluation findings not yet used to monitor progress
Source: Education Review Office review of The Learning Garden dated 2023-01-17, 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 3 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.
Composite score
How this is computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where The Learning Garden 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
2a Haggit Street, Sandon. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is The Learning Garden a free kindergarten?
- The Learning Garden is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at The Learning Garden?
- 27 children attend The Learning Garden (roll year 2025).
- Where is The Learning Garden?
- 2a Haggit Street Sandon Manawatu District
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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 #52545) ↗ · 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.