New Shoots Children's Centre Tauranga

ECE Service Category: Childcare & Education Centre

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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: 1/850 Cameron Road, Tauranga South
Location: Tauranga
Phone: contact number is not available for new enrolments
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Ages of children: Licensed to care for children from infancy
Group / Centre Size: 51 or more children. This is a mega licensed early childhood centre. Check that small family-like group sizes are maintained, and not large classes. It is important for children's learning and emotional wellbeing to consistently have the same teachers everyday. No child should feel or be 'lost in the crowd'.
Qualified teaching staff: 80% to 100% of teaching staff are qualified teachers (according to funding claimed from the Ministry of Education, last updated beginning of 2020).
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
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Compliance with Regulations & Minimum Standards: In 2019 it had its licence downgraded to provisional or suspended by the Ministry of Education
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Education Review Office report: The last report was in 2015 and it was most positive
Ministry of Education Licence ID number: 46364
Additional Information:

In 2018 the Ministry of Education found that New Shoots was not operating correctly according to regulations and downgraded its licence to provisional until improvements were made.  In 2019 breaches in regulations were again identified by the Ministry at New Shoots. 

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Summary:
1.5 based on one review
Pricing
4.0/5
Support
0.5/5
Staffing
0.5/5
Environment
1.0/5
Located in: Childcare & Education Centre
Annoyed
 (1.5/5)

On 24 Feb 2020, Jason Liddall wrote:

Newshoots we found was poorly managed and staff would not take responsibility for the care of our young children. Had to remove our baby due to two hospitalisations in 6 months. No apologies or follow ups were made by the centre.
Jason Liddall likes: Kitchen and food
Jason Liddall dislikes: Staffing and management, Lack of care and health and safety for children
Pricing
4.0/5
Support
0.5/5
Staffing
0.5/5
Environment
1.0/5

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