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Bloom Early Learning and Play

Education & Care

📞 07-5422866

193A Parton Road, Papamoa · Tauranga City

Total roll
125
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
47393

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 · 2026-03-27

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
A
"Children benefit from responsive, caring relationships with teachers where: their emotional well-being and social competence is supported infants and toddlers experience calm environments care routines are an integral part of the curriculum their sense of security is given priority."

Strong emotional wellbeing, security, and responsive relationships consistently demonstrated.

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
C
"The inclusion of culture, language and identity within the curriculum is at an early stage: Māori children experience some te reo and tikanga Māori within the programme whānau Māori have some opportunities to contribute to policies and practices there is some acknowledgement of diversity for children the service is yet to develop a localised curriculum."

Te reo and tikanga present but limited; localised curriculum and systematic inclusion emerging.

Health & safety
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Leadership & governance
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Source: Education Review Office review of Bloom Early Learning and Play dated 2026-03-27, 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 Bloom Early Learning and Play 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.

70 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=2425)
71
est
Wellbeing
20%
Grade A · top quartile of band (n=1871)
90
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%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
est
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

193A Parton Road, Papamoa. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Bloom Early Learning and Play a free kindergarten?
Bloom Early Learning and Play is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Bloom Early Learning and Play?
125 children attend Bloom Early Learning and Play (roll year 2025).
Where is Bloom Early Learning and Play?
193A Parton Road Papamoa Tauranga City

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Sources & verification

Every fact on this page links back to its government source. Verify directly:

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.