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Bush Babies Childcare

Education & Care

📞 09-945 3997 ✉ Email centre

56 Hamatana Road, Snells Beach · Auckland - Rodney

Bush Babies Childcare is an education and care service in Snells Beach with a current roll of 34 children. Our analysis of the ERO report identifies a non-compliance issue with fire evacuation scheme approval requirements under health and safety. Leadership and governance is supported by a qualified owner who provides curriculum oversight.

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

Total roll
34
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
46099

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

Akanuku · 2022-12-15

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
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Health & safety
C
"ERO found an area of non-compliance relating to: the premises being located in a building that has a current fire evacuation scheme which is approved by the New Zealand Fire Service."

Non-compliance identified with fire evacuation scheme approval requirement.

Leadership & governance
→B
"A qualified owner has oversight of governance and curriculum."

Qualified owner provides governance and curriculum oversight.

Source: Education Review Office review of Bush Babies Childcare dated 2022-12-15, 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 Bush Babies Childcare 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.

66 / 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%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=2319)
50
Leadership
15%
Grade B · below band median (n=2400)
70
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
est
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

56 Hamatana Road, Snells Beach. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Bush Babies Childcare a free kindergarten?
Bush Babies Childcare is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Bush Babies Childcare?
34 children attend Bush Babies Childcare (roll year 2025).
Where is Bush Babies Childcare?
56 Hamatana Road Snells Beach Auckland - Rodney

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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.