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Villa Aroha Preschool & Childcare

Education & Care

📞 07-9291676

729 Grey Street, Hamilton Central · Hamilton City

Villa Aroha Preschool & Childcare is an education and care service in Hamilton Central with a current roll of 48 children. Our analysis of the ERO report identifies strong performance in children's wellbeing and health and safety, with nurturing care and structured routines across age groups. Leadership and governance is at an early stage of development for professional growth systems and internal evaluation processes.

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

Total roll
48
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
30056

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 · 2023-12-18

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
→B
"Infants and toddlers experience nurturing and responsive caregiving. Individualised routines and a calm environment support their transition into the service."

Strong nurturing care and transitions for younger children; structured routines for older children.

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Health & safety
B
"Leaders have intentionally, and successfully, focused on improving aspects of regulatory requirements."

Regulatory requirements being successfully addressed with intentional focus.

Leadership & governance
↓C
"New processes that focus on growth and lifting teacher capability are at early stages of implementation."

Early-stage implementation of professional growth systems and internal evaluation processes.

Source: Education Review Office review of Villa Aroha Preschool & Childcare dated 2023-12-18, 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 computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Villa Aroha Preschool & 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.

66 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=2425)
71
est
Wellbeing
20%
Grade B · bottom 10% of band (n=1871)
70
Health & Safety
20%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
70
Leadership
15%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=2400)
50
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
est
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

729 Grey Street, Hamilton Central. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Villa Aroha Preschool & Childcare a free kindergarten?
Villa Aroha Preschool & Childcare is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Villa Aroha Preschool & Childcare?
48 children attend Villa Aroha Preschool & Childcare (roll year 2025).
Where is Villa Aroha Preschool & Childcare?
729 Grey Street Hamilton Central Hamilton City

How much will this cost you? Use our FamilyBoost + Childcare Subsidy calculator to estimate your weekly out-of-pocket after government support.

Nearby & related

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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.