Penny Lane Early Childhood Centre is a purpose-built early childhood centre at 79 Hoon Hay Road in Hoon Hay, Christchurch. It describes itself as a family-run centre that wants children to feel they are with family, and it calls its families the Pennylane Whānau. The centre's programme lets children learn at their own pace, with spontaneous play and more structured activities both on offer. Its learning spaces are described as calm and unhurried, with time for rich conversations. The site says the centre has beautiful purpose-built spaces and high quality resources.
The centre says it recruits teachers carefully, looking for people whose values match its own and who will put the children in their care first. A parent on the site says that after 17 years of their children attending early childhood centres, they found Pennylane to be the best preschool they had seen. The site also shares staff comments that describe the centre as a home and a place where people feel loved and part of a family. Pennylane takes qualified and unqualified teachers, as well as teachers-in-training and casual relief teachers.