Lower Hutt City Childcare Centre, Lower Hutt CBD

Service type

Lower Hutt City Childcare Centre is an education and care service — the most common ECE type in New Zealand, typically operating all day, year-round.

20 Hours ECE

Lower Hutt City Childcare Centre 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

Lower Hutt City Childcare Centre is community based — typically run by a trust, incorporated society, or other not-for-profit body, rather than operated for private profit.

Equity Index

Lower Hutt City Childcare Centre 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 55 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

• Address2 St Albans Grove, Lower Hutt CBD, Lower Hutt
• Phone+64 4 566 2495
• Emailcentremanager@lowerhuttchildcare.org.nz
• ContactSarah Blucher

Nearby ECE services

• Alicetown Playcentre Playcentre · 432 m
• Te Kōhanga Reo o Muturangi Te Kōhanga Reo · 1.3 km
• Beststart Melling Education & Care Services · 1.7 km
• Kindercare Learning Centres - Lower Hutt Education & Care Services · 1.8 km
• Childhood Concepts Birch Street Education & Care Services · 1.8 km