Totara Park Kindergarten
Kindergarten
7 A Denver Grove, Totara Park · Upper Hutt City
ERO assessed Totara Park Kindergarten as Not well placed in May 2017. Our analysis of the ERO report identified strengths in children's wellbeing and health & safety practices, with B grades in curriculum & learning and leadership & governance. Bicultural practice was graded C, with ERO noting that further development was needed to embed tikanga and Te Tiriti commitments.
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
Whānau Manaaki Kindergartens Cultural & rohe
ERO operator-wide review
Governing Organisation Evaluation · 2024-12-20 · covers the wider operator group
ERO's most recent review for this centre is an operator-wide review — ERO has chosen to review the parent group rather than this centre individually. The findings apply across all centres in the group.
Source: Education Review Office operator-wide review dated 2024-12-20, licensed CC-BY 4.0.
Earlier individual centre review
ERO Review · 2017-05-29· superseded by operator-wide review above
"Teachers continue to strengthen assessment and evaluation of children's learning. They notice, recognise and respond to children's interests and ideas."
Assessment and planning developing; Te Whāriki implementation evident but consistency needs strengthening.
"Children are supported to independently explore, take risks, make decisions, problem solve and inquire through everyday learning experiences."
Strong learning experiences; relationships and transitions well supported through school connections.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Teachers continue to build their capacity to support Māori children's language, culture and identity. This is assisting teachers to consider what Māori success as Māori looks like at kindergarten."
Māori support developing; further development needed to embed tikanga and Te Tiriti commitments.
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Compliance systems in place; ratios meet minimum requirements; safety practices sound.
"The senior teacher provides termly written feedback on agreed development priorities and the quality of teaching and learning. An annual internal evaluation supports strengthening of these termly reports."
Leadership developing; appraisal practices strengthening; internal evaluation framework sound.
Source: Education Review Office review of Totara Park Kindergarten dated 2017-05-29, 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 Totara Park Kindergarten 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
7 A Denver Grove, Totara Park. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Totara Park Kindergarten a free kindergarten?
- Totara Park Kindergarten is a Free Kindergarten. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds — you may also be eligible for FamilyBoost and Childcare Subsidy.
- What's the roll at Totara Park Kindergarten?
- 41 children attend Totara Park Kindergarten (roll year 2025).
- Where is Totara Park Kindergarten?
- 7 A Denver Grove Totara Park Upper Hutt City
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #5322) ↗ · 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
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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.