Sawyers Bay Playcentre

Service type

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

20 Hours ECE

Sawyers Bay 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

Sawyers Bay 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

Sawyers Bay 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 7 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

• Address4 Station Road, Sawyers Bay
• Phone+64 3 448 6903
• ContactNikki Gallagher

Nearby ECE services

• Pioneers Koputai Education & Care Services · 1.2 km
• Portobello Kindergarten Kindergartens · 4.7 km
• Dunedin Rudolf Steiner Kindergarten Education & Care Services · 5.2 km
• Dunedin Hospital Early Childhood Centre Education & Care Services · 9.2 km
• Montessori House Casita dei Bambini Education & Care Services · 10.1 km