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The Ridge Childcare

Education & Care

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322 Kerikeri Road, Kerikeri Central · Far North District

The Ridge Childcare is an education and care service in Kerikeri Central. Our analysis of the ERO report found the service received an A grade for whānau partnership, with collaborative and responsive partnerships aligned to whānau aspirations, and a B grade for leadership and governance, demonstrating strong relational trust and purposeful professional development.

AI-generated summary of this centre's ERO review data — verify against the ERO report below. How summaries are generated.

Total roll
50
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
45727

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 · 2023-03-03

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
↑A
"Kaiako understand parent/whānau aspirations and expectations, and they work collaboratively and responsively to foster learning partnerships with parents."

Collaborative, responsive partnerships with parents aligned to whānau aspirations.

Bicultural practice
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Health & safety
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Leadership & governance
B
"A high level of relational trust is evident between leaders and teachers. Teaching practices are guided by purposeful professional development. Internal evaluation processes are developing well and are contributing to positive learning outcomes for children."

Strong relational trust, purposeful professional development, developing evaluation systems.

Source: Education Review Office review of The Ridge Childcare dated 2023-03-03, 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 computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where The Ridge Childcare 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.

72 / 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%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
66
est
Leadership
15%
Grade B · below band median (n=2400)
70
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Grade A · top quartile of band (n=1880)
90
Bicultural Practice
12.5%
Estimated from national average · near band median (n=2375)
64
est

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

322 Kerikeri Road, Kerikeri Central. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is The Ridge Childcare a free kindergarten?
The Ridge Childcare is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at The Ridge Childcare?
50 children attend The Ridge Childcare (roll year 2025).
Where is The Ridge Childcare?
322 Kerikeri Road Kerikeri Central Far North District

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Nearby & related

New Shoots Childrens Centre - Kerikeri 0.2 km
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Kerikeri Preschool 0.5 km
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Montessori Children's House Kerikeri 0.5 km
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Kerikeri Community Childcare Trust 0.6 km
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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.