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Aspirations Early Learning Centre

Education & Care

📞 09-5705786

26 Cornwall Road, Papatoetoe · Auckland - Ōtara-Papatoetoe

Total roll
60
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
47669

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 · 2025-06-24

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
B
"The curriculum is inclusive and responsive to children as confident learners."

Inclusive, responsive curriculum with language-rich environment evident.

Children's wellbeing
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
C
"increasing meaningful opportunities children have to hear and speak te reo Māori in learning contexts"

Te reo Māori exposure developing; identified as area for increase and deepening.

Health & safety
B
"At the time of the review, ERO found the service was taking reasonable steps to meet regulatory standards."

Meeting regulatory health and safety standards; reasonable steps being taken.

Leadership & governance
B
"deepening kaiako understanding of Te Whāriki (2017), the early childhood curriculum, through targeted professional learning and development"

Professional learning planned; identified development area for curriculum depth.

Source: Education Review Office review of Aspirations Early Learning Centre dated 2025-06-24, 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 2 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.

Composite score

How this is computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Aspirations Early Learning Centre 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.

68 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2425)
70
Wellbeing
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=1871)
74
est
Health & Safety
20%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
70
Leadership
15%
Grade B · below band median (n=2400)
70
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
est
Bicultural Practice
12.5%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=2375)
50

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

26 Cornwall Road, Papatoetoe. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Aspirations Early Learning Centre a free kindergarten?
Aspirations Early Learning Centre is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Aspirations Early Learning Centre?
60 children attend Aspirations Early Learning Centre (roll year 2025).
Where is Aspirations Early Learning Centre?
26 Cornwall Road Papatoetoe Auckland - Ōtara-Papatoetoe

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Nearby & related

Blossoms Educare Papatoetoe 0.3 km
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Sources & verification

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Full source list, licence text, refresh cadence: /sources. How we match, clean, and rank: /methodology.

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.