Waitaki Valley Preschool

Service type

Waitaki Valley Preschool is an education and care service — the most common ECE type in New Zealand, typically operating all day, year-round.

20 Hours ECE

Waitaki Valley Preschool 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

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

Equity Index

Waitaki Valley Preschool 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 44 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

• AddressSettlement Road, Kurow
• Phone+64 3 436 0999
• Emailmanager@wvp.kiwi
• ContactKylie Paterson

Nearby ECE services

• Lower Waitaki Playcentre Playcentre · 48.9 km
• Twizel Free Kindergarten Kindergartens · 61.8 km
• Hanan Free Kindergarten Kindergartens · 72 km
• Rhona Day Free Kindergarten Kindergartens · 85.5 km
• BestStart Opihi Education & Care Services · 85.8 km