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Child's Wonder Learning Centre

Education & Care

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1 Doncaster Drive, Papamoa · Tauranga City

Total roll
43
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
45261

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 · 2025-03-13

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
B
"Children experience a curriculum responsive to their interests."

Curriculum is responsive to children's interests; assessment improvement needed.

Children's wellbeing
B
"Teachers engage in positive interactions with children to promote their learning and wellbeing."

Positive teacher interactions support children's learning and wellbeing.

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Health & safety
B
"They take all reasonable steps to promote the health and safety of those enrolled."

Service takes reasonable steps to promote health and safety of enrolled children.

Leadership & governance
B
"The centre philosophy guides teaching practice and programmes for children."

Centre philosophy guides teaching practice and programmes.

Source: Education Review Office review of Child's Wonder Learning Centre dated 2025-03-13, 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 Child's Wonder Learning 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.

69 / 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%
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

1 Doncaster Drive, Papamoa. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Child's Wonder Learning Centre a free kindergarten?
Child's Wonder Learning Centre is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Child's Wonder Learning Centre?
43 children attend Child's Wonder Learning Centre (roll year 2025).
Where is Child's Wonder Learning Centre?
1 Doncaster Drive Papamoa Tauranga City

How much will this cost you? Use our FamilyBoost + Childcare Subsidy calculator to estimate your weekly out-of-pocket after government support.

Nearby & related

Zaadje Early Learning 0.2 km
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Papamoa Free Kindergarten 0.2 km
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BestStart Doncaster Drive 0.4 km
education and care
BestStart Papamoa Plaza 0.7 km
education and care
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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)
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.