Victory Square Kindergarten
Kindergarten
166 St Vincent Street, Nelson · Nelson City
ERO assessed Victory Square Kindergarten as Not well placed in November 2019. Our analysis of the ERO report found the service graded B across bicultural practice, health and safety, and leadership and governance, with specific notes that bicultural integration could be deeper, health and safety policies needed improvement, and evaluation depth required strengthening.
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
Nelson Tasman Kindergartens Cultural & rohe
ERO operator-wide review
Education Review · 2025-12-05 · 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 2025-12-05, licensed CC-BY 4.0.
Earlier individual centre review
ERO review · 2019-11-01· superseded by operator-wide review above
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Bicultural practice is valued and evident in the programme. Kaupapa Māori-based values such as rangatiratanga and kaitiakitanga underpin the curriculum. Teachers use te reo and waiata Māori in purposeful group time activities. A next step is to further integrate te reo Māori throughout all aspects of the programme."
Strong values and purposeful te reo use; opportunity to integrate more deeply across programme.
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Compliance with legal requirements; improvement needed on current policies.
"A sound internal evaluation framework guides practice. Teachers regularly engage in reflection and review and are improvement-focused."
Sound evaluation framework and improvement focus; evaluation depth to be strengthened.
Source: Education Review Office review of Victory Square Kindergarten dated 2019-11-01, 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 Victory Square 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
166 St Vincent Street, Nelson. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Victory Square Kindergarten a free kindergarten?
- Victory Square 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 Victory Square Kindergarten?
- 49 children attend Victory Square Kindergarten (roll year 2025).
- Where is Victory Square Kindergarten?
- 166 St Vincent Street Nelson Nelson 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 #5564) ↗ · 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
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