Waverley Kindergarten
Kindergarten
195 George Street, Windsor · Invercargill City
ERO assessed Waverley Kindergarten as Not well placed in May 2020. Our analysis of the ERO report found strengths in curriculum and learning, children's wellbeing, whānau partnership, and leadership (all grade A), with bicultural practice and health and safety at grade B. The overall Not well placed assessment indicates areas requiring significant improvement despite some strong dimensions.
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
Education Review · 2020-05-22
"Children's learning benefits from a rich, responsive curriculum closely aligned with Te Whāriki the Early Childhood Curriculum."
Highly effective, responsive curriculum aligned with Te Whāriki; strong assessment and planning practices evident.
"Teachers effectively settle new children into the kindergarten. There is strong support for transition to school, including programmes and information for parents."
Effective transitions, strong settlement practices, comprehensive support for children's belonging and wellbeing.
"A well-considered philosophy has been redeveloped in collaboration with whānau and this influences the kindergarten programme."
Strong collaboration with whānau in philosophy development; effective partnerships with parents of diverse learners.
"All children and particularly Māori children, are benefitting from a deepening understanding of tikanga, te ao and te reo Māori through teachers improving knowledge and understanding in those areas."
Deepening bicultural practice; recognition that refinement and consolidation of recent initiatives needed.
"Reported ratios of staff to children Over 2 1:10 Meets minimum requirements"
Meets minimum legal requirements; systems in place for health and safety management and compliance.
"Collaborative leadership within the kindergarten sets a clear direction for teachers and recognises and uses their individual strengths."
Strong collaborative leadership with clear strategic direction; effective professional learning and reflective culture.
Source: Education Review Office review of Waverley Kindergarten dated 2020-05-22, 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 computedThe 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
195 George Street, Windsor. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
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Frequently asked
- Is Waverley Kindergarten a free kindergarten?
- Waverley 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 Waverley Kindergarten?
- 45 children attend Waverley Kindergarten (roll year 2025).
- Where is Waverley Kindergarten?
- 195 George Street Windsor Invercargill 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 #5529) ↗ · 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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