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Bear Park Kohimarama

Education & Care

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318 St Heliers Bay Road, Kohimarama · Auckland - Maungakiekie-Tāmaki

Bear Park Kohimarama is an education and care service in Kohimarama with a current roll of 62 children. Our analysis of the ERO report (February 2023) found the service strong in whānau partnership, with regular engagement with parents to inform culturally responsive programming.

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

Total roll
62
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
25421

Roll breakdown

By age

By ethnicity

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

Operator

Bear Park logo Bear Park

Cultural & rohe

ERO review

Akarangi · 2023-02-14

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
↑A
"Parent aspirations, cultural knowledge and ideas are regularly sought to inform a culturally responsive programme."

Regular engagement with parents to inform culturally responsive programming.

Bicultural practice
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Health & safety
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Leadership & governance
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Source: Education Review Office review of Bear Park Kohimarama 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 computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Bear Park Kohimarama 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.

71 / 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%
Estimated from national average · below band median (n=2400)
66
est
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Grade A · top quartile of band (n=1880)
90
Bicultural Practice
12.5%
Estimated from national average · near band median (n=2375)
64
est

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

318 St Heliers Bay Road, Kohimarama. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Bear Park Kohimarama a free kindergarten?
Bear Park Kohimarama is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Bear Park Kohimarama?
62 children attend Bear Park Kohimarama (roll year 2025).
Where is Bear Park Kohimarama?
318 St Heliers Bay Road Kohimarama Auckland - Maungakiekie-Tāmaki

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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.