The Secret Garden Childcare Ltd
Education & Care
1459 Waughs Road, Feilding Central · Manawatu District
The Secret Garden Childcare Ltd is an education and care service in Feilding Central with a current roll of 50 children. Our analysis of the ERO report (October 2024) identifies strengths in children's wellbeing, whānau partnership, and leadership, with B grades in these areas. Bicultural practice received a C grade, indicating cultural competence development is needed and integration across curriculum assessment is incomplete.
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 · 2024-10-04
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Children engage in sustained interactions with teachers and their peers, supporting their oral language development and social and emotional competency."
Strong social-emotional support and peer interaction; responsive nurturing relationships evident.
"Teachers are engaged in learning-focused partnerships with parents through curriculum involvement and responding to their aspirations."
Parent voice gathered and incorporated; curriculum partnerships established with families.
"Language, culture and identity is yet to be woven through assessment for all children."
Cultural competence development needed; incomplete integration across curriculum assessment.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Leaders effectively support and provide the conditions that enable teachers to grow their professional knowledge and practice."
Strong professional learning community with collaborative leadership; clear teaching expectations in place.
Source: Education Review Office review of The Secret Garden Childcare Ltd dated 2024-10-04, 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 Secret Garden Childcare Ltd 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
1459 Waughs Road, Feilding Central. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is The Secret Garden Childcare Ltd a free kindergarten?
- The Secret Garden Childcare Ltd is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at The Secret Garden Childcare Ltd?
- 50 children attend The Secret Garden Childcare Ltd (roll year 2025).
- Where is The Secret Garden Childcare Ltd?
- 1459 Waughs Road Feilding Central 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 #45883) ↗ · 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.