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Witherlea Kindergarten

Kindergarten

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18 Alana Place, Witherlea · Marlborough District

Witherlea Kindergarten serves 42 children in Witherlea. Our analysis of the 2023 ERO report indicates consistent parent partnership and confirmed health and safety compliance (both grade B), though leadership and governance processes for internal evaluation are still developing (grade C). ERO did not assign an overall placement.

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

Total roll
42
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
5396

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 · 2023-10-09

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
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Whānau partnership
→B
"Teachers purposefully seek the views of parents who contribute to their child's learning."

Consistent parent voice sought and included in children's learning.

Bicultural practice
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Health & safety
B
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."

Compliance confirmed; one non-compliance item addressed post-visit.

Leadership & governance
↓C
"Those in governance are yet to use internal evaluation to inform decision making to evaluate what is and is not working, and for whom, and to determine what changes are needed. Continuing to build a shared understanding within the kindergarten of how to do and use effective evaluation for improvement is also required."

Internal evaluation and shared understanding of improvement processes developing.

Source: Education Review Office review of Witherlea Kindergarten dated 2023-10-09, 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 computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Witherlea 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.

67 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=2425)
71
est
Wellbeing
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=1871)
74
est
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%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
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

18 Alana Place, Witherlea. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Witherlea Kindergarten a free kindergarten?
Witherlea 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 Witherlea Kindergarten?
42 children attend Witherlea Kindergarten (roll year 2025).
Where is Witherlea Kindergarten?
18 Alana Place Witherlea Marlborough District

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

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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.