Section 10 of the Education and Training Act 2020(external link) defines an early childhood education and care centre as a premises that is used regularly for the education or care of 3 or more children (not being children of the persons providing the education or care or children enrolled at a school who are being provided with education or care before or after school) under the age of 6 years by day (or part of a day) but not for any continuous period of more than 7 days.
Centre-based ECE services have a variety of different operating structures, philosophies and affiliations, and are known by many different names – for example, Playcentres, early learning centres, Montessori, childcare centres, Kindergartens, crèches, preschools, a’oga amata, Rudolf Steiner etc.
These centres are licensed in accordance with the Education and Training Act 2020 under the Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008(external link), which prescribe minimum standards that each licensed service must meet. Licensing criteria are used to assess how the centres meet the minimum standards required by the regulations.
For each criterion there is guidance to help centres meet the required standards.
The publication of the criteria on its own can be downloaded as a PDF [PDF, 1.8 MB] and printed.
The licensing criteria were last updated in September 2022.
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Criteria for hazards and outings:
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HS12 - Hazard and risk management
HS13 - Temperature of hot water from taps children can access
HS14 - Temperature of hot water in cylinders
HS15 - Noise levels
HS16 - Animals
HS17 - Excursions
HS18 - Travel by motor vehicle
Criteria for child health and wellbeing:
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HS24 - Room temperature
HS25 - First aid qualifications
HS26 - Response to infectious illnesses
HS27 - Medical assistance and incident management
HS28 - Medicine administration
HS29 - Medicine training
HS30 - Children washed when soiled
For the purposes of these criteria:
‘Adults providing education and care’ means kaiako, teachers, supervisors, parent helpers, kaiawhina, fa’iaoga, or other adults who have a designated role of providing education and care to children at a service and are included in required adult:child ratios.
‘Assessment’ means the process of noticing children’s learning, recognising its significance, and responding in ways that foster further learning. It includes documenting some, but not all, of what and…
