Institution number

Unique identifier for service as allocated at licensing by Ministry of Education.

Region

The Regional Council area the service is located in. Care should be taken when interpreting the geographic location of services. A regional boundary that runs through a district will have that district assigned to both regions.

District

The Territorial Authority area the service is located in.

Area

The Census area unit that the service is located in. Census area units are smaller in size than territorial authorities and are roughly the size of suburbs but are not suburbs. They refer to Area Units defined by Statistics New Zealand.

Service type

The type of early learning service; e.g. education & care service, kindergarten etc. For information on the different service types, visit the Ministry of Education web page on the different types of early learning services in New Zealand.

Age

The age groups that a service is licensed for. I.e. whether they are licensed for under 2 year olds or just two year olds and over.

Language filter

The languages of instruction used at the service. Data on languages used is collected by the Annual Census of ECE Services and relates to a particular week of the year, typically the last week in June. The filter will only show languages that are spoken for more than 11% of teaching time.

Kōhanga Reo services are assumed to be 100% Māori speaking.

Immersion

The main language of instruction used at the service. The filter will only be active for those languages that are spoken for more than 80% of teaching time.

20 Hours ECE

20 Hours ECE allows for those aged three and over in licensed ECE services to receive up to 20 hours a week of early childhood education with no compulsory fees. Unknown status has been assigned to new services that have not yet submitted an RS7 form to the Ministry of Education.

Maximum number of licensed child places

The maximum child places that a service is licensed for.

Maximum number of places for under 2 year olds

The maximum under 2 child places that a service is licensed for.

ERO report

Early childhood services are reviewed on average once every three years by the Education Review Office. Reviews are undertaken more frequently where the performance of a centre needs improvement and there are risks to the education and safety of the students.