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Bambinos Early Childhood Centre

Education & Care

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123 St Lukes Road, Mount Albert · Auckland - Albert-Eden

Bambinos Early Childhood Centre is an education and care service in Mount Albert, Auckland, with a current roll of 113 children. Our analysis of the ERO report identifies strengths in bicultural practice, with te reo Māori and tikanga woven into daily experiences, and in leadership and governance, with evidence of collective capability for evaluation and strategic collaboration.

AI-generated summary of this centre's ERO review data — verify against the ERO report below. How summaries are generated.

Total roll
113
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
25324

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 · 2023-07-03

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
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
A
"Te reo Māori and tikanga Māori are woven into daily experiences."

Te reo Māori and tikanga woven into daily experiences; cultures valued.

Health & safety
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Leadership & governance
→A
"Leaders and teachers have collective capability to evaluate for sustained improvement."

Collective capability for evaluation; strategic collaboration and professional development evident.

Source: Education Review Office review of Bambinos Early Childhood Centre dated 2023-07-03, 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 Bambinos Early Childhood 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.

76 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=2425)
71
est
Wellbeing
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=1871)
74
est
Health & Safety
20%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
66
est
Leadership
15%
Grade A · top quartile of band (n=2400)
90
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
est
Bicultural Practice
12.5%
Grade A · top quartile of band (n=2375)
90

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

123 St Lukes Road, Mount Albert. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Bambinos Early Childhood Centre a free kindergarten?
Bambinos Early Childhood Centre is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Bambinos Early Childhood Centre?
113 children attend Bambinos Early Childhood Centre (roll year 2025).
Where is Bambinos Early Childhood Centre?
123 St Lukes Road Mount Albert Auckland - Albert-Eden

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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.