Barnardos Early Learning Centre Manurewa
Education & Care
14s Scotts Road, Manurewa · Auckland - Manurewa
ERO assessed this service as Not well placed following their March 2019 review. Strengths include good relationships with children and effective whānau partnerships, particularly for children with additional needs. However, our analysis of the ERO report identified concerns in health and safety practices and leadership and governance, with improvement needed in these areas.
AI-generated summary of this centre's ERO review data — verify against the ERO report below. How summaries are generated.
Roll breakdown
By age
By ethnicity
Note: a child may be counted under multiple ethnicities (total may exceed roll).
Operator
Barnardos New Zealand Cultural & rohe
ERO operator-wide review
Governing Organisation · 2024-02-13 · covers the wider operator group
ERO's most recent review for this centre is an operator-wide review — ERO has chosen to review the parent group rather than this centre individually. The findings apply across all centres in the group.
Source: Education Review Office operator-wide review dated 2024-02-13, licensed CC-BY 4.0.
Earlier individual centre review
Education Review · 2019-03-07· superseded by operator-wide review above
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Teachers establish good relationships with parents. There are some examples where parent/teacher partnerships and external agency support have impacted well on outcomes for children with additional learning needs. These approaches are supporting these children's wellbeing and belonging."
Good relationships; positive impact for children with additional needs.
"Teachers establish good relationships with parents. There are some examples where parent/teacher partnerships and external agency support have impacted well on outcomes for children with additional learning needs."
Strong relationships; effective partnerships for children with additional needs.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Barnardos managers have provided ERO with an action plan that shows how the priorities for improvement in this centre, including health and safety concerns, will be addressed."
Health and safety concerns identified; action plan required for improvement.
"The centre manager and leaders are aware that there is a need to develop shared understandings of the centre's philosophy, teacher capability and a culture of improvement."
Leaders self-aware of gaps; developing shared philosophy and improvement culture.
Source: Education Review Office review of Barnardos Early Learning Centre Manurewa dated 2019-03-07, 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 computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Barnardos Early Learning Centre Manurewa 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.
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
14s Scotts Road, Manurewa. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Barnardos Early Learning Centre Manurewa a free kindergarten?
- Barnardos Early Learning Centre Manurewa is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Barnardos Early Learning Centre Manurewa?
- 50 children attend Barnardos Early Learning Centre Manurewa (roll year 2025).
- Where is Barnardos Early Learning Centre Manurewa?
- 14s Scotts Road Manurewa Auckland - Manurewa
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #25427) ↗ · CC-BY 4.0 via data.govt.nz
- ERO reviews: ERO institution page ↗ · Crown copyright (reuse permitted with attribution)
- Suburb safety & demographics: SafeSuburbs ↗ · crimestats.co.nz ↗ · NZ Police RCVD + Stats NZ 2023 Census, CC-BY 4.0
- Funding policy (20 Hours / Childcare Subsidy / FamilyBoost): parents.education.govt.nz · WINZ · IRD · Crown copyright (policy only — we cite parameters, don't republish)
- Map tiles: © OpenStreetMap · © CARTO · ODbL + CC-BY 3.0
- Machine-readable formats: facts.json · markdown.md
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)
Service type, address, roll, ethnicity, Equity Index, 20 Hours, Takiwā, lat/lng
Annual financial returns (community-based + umbrella orgs)
Per-centre review reports + 6-dimension letter grades (curriculum / wellbeing / whānau / bicultural / health & safety / leadership)
Safety score, crime/1k, 2023 Census demographics
Last build refresh: . See full methodology + data sources pages for licences, refresh cadences, and known gaps.