Alicetown Playcentre, Lower Hutt CBD (Lower Hutt)

Service type

Alicetown Playcentre is a Playcentre — a parent-led co-operative, where parents and caregivers themselves run sessions rather than employed teaching staff.

20 Hours ECE

Alicetown Playcentre participates in the 20 Hours ECE scheme, which funds up to 20 hours a week of early childhood education for children aged 3 to 5.

Authority

Alicetown Playcentre is community based — typically run by a trust, incorporated society, or other not-for-profit body, rather than operated for private profit.

Equity Index

Alicetown Playcentre has an Equity Index rating of "EQI > 5" on the Ministry of Education's 1–4 scale for early childhood services. A lower number means the service draws more of its enrolled children from lower socio-economic communities, making it eligible for additional government funding. This is a different scale to the schools Equity Index (344–569) and the two should never be compared directly.

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Children by age

As at July 2025, based on 46 children on the roll.

Children by ethnicity

Percentages may add up to more than 100%, since a child can be recorded under more than one ethnicity.

Location

Contact details

• Address105 Victoria Street, Lower Hutt CBD, Lower Hutt
• Phone+64 4 589 9078
• Emaillowernorth.csc@playcentre.org.nz
• ContactLouise Turnbull

Nearby ECE services

• Lower Hutt City Childcare Centre Education & Care Services · 432 m
• Te Kōhanga Reo o Muturangi Te Kōhanga Reo · 1.7 km
• Beststart Melling Education & Care Services · 1.8 km
• Kindercare Learning Centres - Lower Hutt Education & Care Services · 1.8 km
• Childhood Concepts Birch Street Education & Care Services · 2.1 km