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Beginnings Early Learning Centre

Education & Care

11 Waitai Road, Ostend · Auckland - Waiheke

Total roll
38
2025
Under 2s
20 Hours ECE
MOE #
25174

Roll breakdown

By age

By ethnicity

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

Operator

Standalone

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ERO review

Akarangi · 2025-06-16

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
B
"Teachers could now look carefully at embedding more intentional teaching strategies for the mixed-age group in the over two area."

Effective practice with opportunity to strengthen intentional teaching strategies.

Children's wellbeing
B
"Children are settled and relaxed in the programme. They demonstrate confidence and curiosity, and are articulate communicators. Children engage very actively and enjoy sustained play and learning."

Children demonstrate strong confidence, engagement, and positive emotional outcomes.

Whānau partnership
B
"Respectful relationships are evident in the centre. Teachers recognise the importance of building responsive connections with children and their families."

Strong responsive relationships with families evident in practice.

Bicultural practice
C
"Teachers continue to develop bicultural practices. The centre manager intends to provide support for teachers to learn and include te reo Māori and tikanga Māori in the centre programme."

Bicultural practice developing with intentional support planned for te reo and tikanga.

Health & safety
B
"There is a good policy framework to guide centre operations and ensure health and safety requirements are met."

Sound policy framework and compliance with health and safety requirements established.

Leadership & governance
B
"The centre manager has led recent positive developments. These include introducing new planning approaches and aspects of science concepts and the natural environment, to reflect and capture the local context."

Effective leadership with positive strategic initiatives for improvement in place.

Source: Education Review Office review of Beginnings Early Learning Centre dated 2025-06-16, 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
68 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2425)
70
Wellbeing
20%
Grade B · bottom 10% of band (n=1871)
70
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%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
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

11 Waitai Road, Ostend. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Beginnings Early Learning Centre a free kindergarten?
Beginnings 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 Beginnings Early Learning Centre?
38 children attend Beginnings Early Learning Centre (roll year 2025).
Where is Beginnings Early Learning Centre?
11 Waitai Road Ostend Auckland - Waiheke

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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)

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

Annual financial returns (community-based + umbrella orgs)

As of: 545 centres covered· Refresh: Annual filings · re-ingested with each refresh

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

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.