Our privacy statement
Elim early learning centre Cambridge
We collect personal information from you about you and your child to provide our services, including information about your:
name and your child's name
contact information, including emergency contacts
address details
child's health and disability details
billing information
your child's day-to-day activities, progress, and development.
We collect your/your child's personal information to:
administer education and care programmes and provide our services
meet the requirements for providing a quality and safe early childhood education service
be able to invoice you for the costs of our service and advise you of changes to our service when necessary
Besides our staff, we share this information with:
The Ministry of Education, the Education Review Office, and other government officials, on request, in order to meet legal compliance requirements.
Online platform provider Storypark. Information is uploaded to this platform by teachers and can be moderated or altered by yourself and others to whom you give access.
We collect information, including personal information (e.g., enrolment and attendance) about your child, which is shared with the Ministry of Education, who stores it securely and treats it in accordance with the Privacy Act 2020. The Ministry of Education collects and holds this information for the following purposes:
for funding allocation purposes
for monitoring compliance with the Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008 and related criteria, and the ECE Funding Handbook.
to allow the assignment of a National Student Number* to your child
for statistical and resourcing purposes
to allow the Minister or Secretary of Education to exercise any of their other powers or responsibilities under the Education and Training Act 2020, and as permitted by the Privacy Act 2020, Principles 10 and 11.
Completed forms may also be viewed by Ministry officials on request for the purposes of monitoring, licensing and funding administration purposes.
Information collected may be shared with other government agencies where required by legislation, or to meet an agreed purpose and in accordance with the government's direction for greater inter-agency data sharing.
You have the right to request access to or correction of personal information that the Ministry of Education holds about you.
Contact information for the Ministry can be found at https://www.education.govt.nz/our-work/about-us/contact-us/national-office
Providing some information is optional. If you choose not to provide the requested information, we may be unable to complete the enrolment or provide our services.
We keep your/your child's information safe by storing it in safe physical files and allowing only appropriate staff and the abovementioned parties to view the information.
We keep your/your child's information for seven years, at which point we securely destroy it by shredding physical files, unless otherwise required by law.
If you would like to access any of this information, kindly address your request in writing to The Manager manager@elimcambridge.org.nz
07-8233216
If you have any complaints or concerns about privacy matters, please contact our Centre Manager, who is the privacy officer at the aforementioned email and contact number.
The Ministry of Education allocates a National Student Number to all children participating in early childhood education. This number travels with your child as they enter school and beyond in the education system
* A National Student Number is a unique identifier for your child within the education system. You can find more information about National Student Numbers and what they are used for at
National Student Number (NSN) >> NZQA.
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Elim Early Learning Centre
manager@elimcambridge.org.nz
Ph: 07 827 9922
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8 Wordsworth Street, Leamington, Cambridge
Elim Early Learning Centre
Opening Hours
Monday - Friday 7.15am - 5.00pm
