Westport Playcentre
Playcentre
36 A Fonblanque Street, Westport South · Buller District
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 · 2025-07-17
"Centre members are involved in professional development to improve assessment planning and evaluation practices. All members need to continue to build their knowledge and grow their confidence with this."
Assessment practices developing; need to improve planning and evaluation
"Children and their families show a sense of belonging to Westport Playcentre. Centre members have made a deliberate effort to make the playcentre a welcoming place, especially for new families. Children settle quickly on arrival."
Strong sense of belonging and welcoming environment established
"The parents and team leaders follow the children's play and interests. They are guided by the team leader during the pre-session discussion to think of ways to build and extend children's ideas."
Parents actively involved in learning; guided to extend children's interests
"Centre members use the written prompts on display to speak a little te reo Māori with the children. They nurture tuakana-teina relationships by the way they include older and younger children in the sessions."
Te reo Māori emerging; tuakana-teina relationships supported but limited depth
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Ratios meet or exceed minimum requirements; legal requirements addressed
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Source: Education Review Office review of Westport Playcentre dated 2025-07-17, 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 computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Westport Playcentre 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
36 A Fonblanque Street, Westport South. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Operator financials
Source: Charities Services Annual Return
Frequently asked
- Is Westport Playcentre a free kindergarten?
- Westport Playcentre is a Playcentre service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Westport Playcentre?
- 30 children attend Westport Playcentre (roll year 2025).
- Where is Westport Playcentre?
- 36 A Fonblanque Street Westport South Buller 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 #65218) ↗ · CC-BY 4.0 via data.govt.nz
- ERO reviews: ERO institution page ↗ · Crown copyright (reuse permitted with attribution)
- Financials (2016-08-31): Charities Services Annual Return ↗ · CC-BY 4.0 via charities.govt.nz
- 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.