DATA LIMITATIONS
1. The regulator does not carry out regular inspections or unannounced spot checks. As a result, it is unknown how many services may be failing to meet minimum standards at any given time.
2. Regulatory action is not guaranteed, even when serious harm occurs.
The early childhood education services identified with compliance failures and subject to regulator actions in 2025. This includes the full list of named ECE services and key insights into regulatory responses and sector oversight.
View the interactive tables with service names, see the patterns, and read the analysis to learn what is going on.
The early childhood education services subject to regulator action in 2024. This includes the full list of named ECE services and key insights into regulatory responses and sector oversight.
Every year we make available a complete list of early childhood education services operating on one or more provisional licences, suspended, and cancelled to support and encourage services to be accountable to families.
Awareness of regulatory failures is important because those with influence help set sector standards, and consistent accountability ensures all providers are held to the same expectations.
Below is the list of early childhood services that operated below the required minimum standard in 2022 and for which the Ministry of Education reports
Shown below are the names of early childhood services on a provisional or suspended licence at any time in 2021, or whose licence was cancelled
Shown below are the early childhood services operating at any time during the 2020 year on a downgraded licence or whose licence was cancelled due
A total of 194 early childhood services received a licence downgrade or were closed by the Ministry of Education in 2019 due to licence breaches.
The list of early childhood services that received a licence downgrade or were closed by the Ministry of Education in 2018 shows that in many
A total of 159 early childhood services received a licence downgrade or were closed by the Ministry of Education in 2019 due to licence breaches.
Early childhood services placed on a provisional licence or had their licence withdrawn due to non-compliance in 2016.
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