Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008

  • Warning: Some amendments have not yet been incorporated
  • Editorial changes made in regulation 32(1)(e)(i) on 1 February 2022 under section 87(l)(i) of the Legislation Act 2019, and in regulations 6(3)(b), 7, 8, 11(1)(c), and 13(c) on 25 March 2022 under section 87(l)(iii), and (iv) of the Legislation Act 2019.

Schedule 1 Qualification requirements

r 44(1)(a)

Schedule 1: replaced, on 30 July 2021, by regulation 15 of the Education (Early Childhood Services) Amendment Regulations 2021 (LI 2021/169).

ServiceRequirement

Licensed education and care centres affiliated with Te Whānau Tupu Ngātahi o Aotearoa — Playcentre Aotearoa

Licensed education and care centres affiliated with Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust

Person responsible must hold recognised qualification

Licensed home-based education and care services

Licensed hospital-based education and care services

Licensed education and care centres not affiliated with either of the following:

  • Te Whānau Tupu Ngātahi o Aotearoa — Playcentre Aotearoa:

  • Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust

Person responsible must hold recognised qualification and practising certificate

All services recognised as a teacher led service (as defined in regulation 44(4))

Fifty percent of required staff must hold recognised qualification