Kids At Home

ECE Service Category: In-home care ECE service

Below is key information on this service that every parent and caregiver needs to know.

Once you have visited this service or had your child at it, please give feedback on it by adding a review and your rating

Service owners - are your details correct? Let My ECE know of any changes and send in the form to register your service's direct contact details for new enrolments

Google map:

Ownership: This service is a privately operated business e.g. it is owned by a sole trader, partnership, company or private trust

Street or Road: 57a Spring Street, Tauranga (head office address)

Location: Tauranga

Phone: 0800 543 728

Website: www.kidsathome.co.nz

Ages of children: Licensed to care for children from infancy

Group / Centre Size: A group size of no more than 4 children, with one educator. Small group size is important for children's learning and emotional well-being.

Qualified teaching staff: Home educators and carers are not recognised for a practising certificate as teachers by the Teaching Council. But educators may hold a recognised qualification - you will need to personally ask your child's home educator

Shows Children that Men Can Teach and Care for Young Children Too: In 2019 the teaching team was, known to have been usually or all of the time, women only. (Note that it is best to have gender balance with children being taught and cared for by both men and women. In Home-based ECE this criterion relates to visiting teachers only)

Is this service HIGHLY Parent Rated?: THIS SERVICE CANNOT YET BE CLASSIFIED AS A HIGHLY RATED SERVICE. (To be so it needs to have a number of recent positive reviews - at least 5 positive if a small centre, or 10 if a mega-centre or a home-based service)

Entrant in the Hall of Excellence: Not yet

More Info on Hall of Excellence: Hall of Excellence

To Assist You With Your Research Before Choosing a Service: Go to more information here

COMPLIANCE warning: In 2019 or 2020 the Ministry of Education downgraded its licence or it received a licence suspension due to breaching regulations

Check this service's history of compliance with regulations and standards: Go to the full lists for 2020 and earlier years to check

Entrant in the Wall of Shame: NO. As far as is known there has not been a major reported incident of the standard or ethic of care falling below what society in general considers to be acceptable

More Info on Wall of Shame: Wall of Shame

Education Review Office report: The last report was in 2017 and it was most positive

Ministry of Education Licence ID number: 30039, 30183, 30217, 40339, 45071, 45210, 45537, 45685, 46396

Additional Information:

In 2019, 5 licences relating to Kids at Home - The Bay, in Tauranga only were downgraded by the Ministry of Education due to breaches in meeting minimum standards. No other services belonging to Kids at Home were affected.

Email this Service: