Riverdale Kindergarten (Gisborne)

Service type

Riverdale Kindergarten (Gisborne) is a free kindergarten — historically session-based (shorter, set daily sessions rather than all-day care), run on a not-for-profit basis.

20 Hours ECE

Riverdale Kindergarten (Gisborne) 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

Riverdale Kindergarten (Gisborne) is community based — typically run by a trust, incorporated society, or other not-for-profit body, rather than operated for private profit.

Equity Index

Riverdale Kindergarten (Gisborne) has an Equity Index rating of "EQI 3" 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 26 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

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Contact details

• AddressStout Street, Riverdale, Gisborne
• Phone+64 6 867 6948
• Emailriver.dale@xtra.co.nz
• ContactDavid Spraggs

Nearby ECE services

• Waiapu Kids - Te Hapara Whanau Aroha Education & Care Services · 1.6 km
• Busy Bees Gladstone Road Education & Care Services · 1.7 km
• Manaaki Tamariki Childcare and Education Centre Education & Care Services · 2.5 km
• Gisborne Central Childcare and Education Centre Education & Care Services · 2.8 km
• Rutene Road Kindergarten Kindergartens · 3.9 km