Bear Park Herne Bay Early Childhood Education Centre
Education & Care
42 Shelly Beach Road, Herne Bay · Auckland - Waitematā
Bear Park Herne Bay is an education and care centre in Herne Bay with a current roll of 75 children. Our analysis of the ERO report from February 2023 found the service demonstrates strong curriculum and learning practices with effective Te Whāriki implementation and responsive assessment, along with meaningful bicultural practice embedding te reo Māori and tikanga naturally throughout the centre.
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
Bear Park Cultural & rohe
ERO review
Akarangi · 2023-02-14
"The philosophy and curriculum are based on Te Whariki, the early childhood curriculum, and inspired by the Reggio Emilia approach, which values children as capable learners working collaboratively with teachers in a stimulating environment."
Strong Te Whāriki implementation, intentional teaching, responsive assessment practices evident.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Teachers and children use te reo Māori and tikanga Māori in meaningful and natural ways."
Te reo Māori and tikanga embedded meaningfully and naturally in practice.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Source: Education Review Office review of Bear Park Herne Bay Early Childhood Education Centre dated 2023-02-14, 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 Bear Park Herne Bay Early Childhood Education 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.
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
42 Shelly Beach Road, Herne Bay. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Bear Park Herne Bay Early Childhood Education Centre a free kindergarten?
- Bear Park Herne Bay Early Childhood Education Centre is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Bear Park Herne Bay Early Childhood Education Centre?
- 75 children attend Bear Park Herne Bay Early Childhood Education Centre (roll year 2025).
- Where is Bear Park Herne Bay Early Childhood Education Centre?
- 42 Shelly Beach Road Herne Bay Auckland - Waitematā
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Sources & verification
Every fact on this page links back to its government source. Verify directly:
- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #25328) ↗ · 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.