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Active Discoverers Educare

Education & Care

📞 07-8245276

4 Brownlee Avenue, Ngāruawāhia North · Waikato District

Total roll
45
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
46338

Roll breakdown

By age

By ethnicity

Note: a child may be counted under multiple ethnicities (total may exceed roll).

Operator

Standalone

Cultural & rohe

ERO review

Akarangi · 2025-05-28

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Children's wellbeing
↓C
"They support tamariki developing social competence and understanding of appropriate behaviour."

Adults support learning but premises/safety concerns undermine wellbeing protection.

Whānau partnership
↓C
"taking positive steps to respect and acknowledge the aspirations held by parents and whānau for their children"

Partnership area identified as non-compliant; requires improved systems.

Bicultural practice
→B
"The service curriculum acknowledges and reflects the unique place of Māori as tangata whenua."

Curriculum acknowledges Māori place; bicultural commitment evident.

Health & safety
↓D
"At the time of the review, ERO identified areas of non-compliance with regulatory standards that are an unacceptable risk to children."

Multiple critical non-compliances in health, safety, facilities, and emergency procedures.

Leadership & governance
D
"The service is not meeting regulatory compliance in a significant number of areas. Consistent implementation of systems and processes is required to ensure the good health and safety of children enrolled in the service."

Governance and management not meeting standards; inconsistent system implementation.

Source: Education Review Office review of Active Discoverers Educare dated 2025-05-28, licensed CC-BY 4.0. The 4-point overall judgement is ERO's; the 6 dimension grades are our analysis of ERO's prose (see methodology). · Centre has 3 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.

Composite score

How this is computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Active Discoverers Educare hasn't been graded on a dimension, the composite uses the national average for that dimension as a placeholder. Each affected axis below is flagged est. When a new ERO review lands, the placeholder is replaced and the score may shift.

48 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=2425)
71
est
Wellbeing
20%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=1871)
50
Health & Safety
20%
Grade D · bottom 10% of band (n=2319)
25
Leadership
15%
Grade D · bottom 10% of band (n=2400)
25
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=1880)
50
Bicultural Practice
12.5%
Grade B · near band median (n=2375)
70

The composite is a weighted average of six ERO dimensions, each scored 0–100 (A=90, B=70, C=50, D=25). The "(p47)" style suffix shows where the centre sits within its EQI band (peer percentile, when ≥10 comparable centres in band). See methodology for the formula + limits.

Location

4 Brownlee Avenue, Ngāruawāhia North. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Active Discoverers Educare a free kindergarten?
Active Discoverers Educare is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Active Discoverers Educare?
45 children attend Active Discoverers Educare (roll year 2025).
Where is Active Discoverers Educare?
4 Brownlee Avenue Ngāruawāhia North Waikato District

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Sources & verification

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Data sources & freshness (4 sources · last refresh 12 July 2026)
MoE ECE Directory

Service type, address, roll, ethnicity, Equity Index, 20 Hours, Takiwā, lat/lng

As of: Roll year 2025· Refresh: Nightly source · re-pulled on every deploy
Charities Services

Annual financial returns (community-based + umbrella orgs)

As of: 545 centres covered· Refresh: Annual filings · re-ingested with each refresh
ERO reports

Per-centre review reports + 6-dimension letter grades (curriculum / wellbeing / whānau / bicultural / health & safety / leadership)

As of: 10,663 reports / 4,194 centres · latest review 2026-05-18· Refresh: On review publication · CC-BY 4.0 attribution
Suburb context

Safety score, crime/1k, 2023 Census demographics

As of: 2023 Census· Refresh: Quarterly police data · 5-yearly census

Last build refresh: . See full methodology + data sources pages for licences, refresh cadences, and known gaps.