Brilliant Minds Early Childhood Centre
Education & Care
20 McKittrick Avenue, Flat Bush · Auckland - Howick
Brilliant Minds Early Childhood Centre in Flat Bush provides education and care for 39 children. Our analysis of the ERO report identified calm, responsive practices supporting children's wellbeing (grade B), though whānau partnerships are developing with limited depth in Māori and Pacific perspectives (grade C), and health and safety systems meet compliance but require ongoing monitoring (grade C).
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
Standalone
Cultural & rohe
ERO review
Akarangi · 2023-12-05
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Infants learn in a calm, slow paced environment. Their non-verbal cues and signals are responded to."
Calm environment with responsive practices for infants and young learners.
"The perspectives and goals of Māori and Pacific whānau are not yet influencing a deeper response to their children through the curriculum."
Partnership developing but Māori and Pacific whānau perspectives not yet influencing curriculum depth.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Those processes that promote the health and safety of children and adults need to be frequently monitored to maintain regulatory requirements."
Compliance achieved but systems need frequent monitoring to maintain regulatory requirements.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Source: Education Review Office review of Brilliant Minds Early Childhood Centre dated 2023-12-05, 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 Brilliant Minds Early Childhood 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
20 McKittrick Avenue, Flat Bush. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Brilliant Minds Early Childhood Centre a free kindergarten?
- Brilliant Minds Early Childhood Centre is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Brilliant Minds Early Childhood Centre?
- 39 children attend Brilliant Minds Early Childhood Centre (roll year 2025).
- Where is Brilliant Minds Early Childhood Centre?
- 20 McKittrick Avenue Flat Bush Auckland - Howick
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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 #46408) ↗ · 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.