Childsteps Early Learning Centre
Education & Care
8 Merfield Street, Glen Innes · Auckland - Maungakiekie-Tāmaki
Childsteps Early Learning Centre is an education and care service in Glen Innes with 112 children on roll. Our analysis of the ERO report identifies strengths in children's wellbeing, health and safety, and leadership and governance (all grade B), while noting opportunities to strengthen whānau partnership and bicultural practice, particularly around Pacific family engagement and cultural inclusion (both 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
Akanuku · 2023-12-21
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Children benefit from adults engaging in meaningful, positive interactions to enhance their learning and nurture reciprocal relationships."
Meaningful positive interactions and reciprocal relationships evident in practice.
"A next step is to increase opportunities for Pacific children and their families to share aspects of their cultures with others in the service."
Opportunity identified to strengthen engagement with Pacific families and cultures.
"An increasing number of children from ethnically diverse backgrounds are enrolled, including a small number of Māori or Pacific children."
Limited explicit evidence of bicultural practice; opportunity to enhance Pacific cultural inclusion.
"Since the onsite visit, the service has provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed non-compliances and is now taking reasonable steps to meet regulatory standards."
Previously identified non-compliances now addressed; meeting regulatory standards.
"Governance is provided by two directors and a qualified centre manager. The teaching team includes 12 qualified teachers."
Appropriate governance structure and high proportion of qualified teaching staff.
Source: Education Review Office review of Childsteps Early Learning Centre dated 2023-12-21, 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).
Composite score
How this is computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Childsteps Early 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.
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
8 Merfield Street, Glen Innes. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Childsteps Early Learning Centre a free kindergarten?
- Childsteps 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 Childsteps Early Learning Centre?
- 112 children attend Childsteps Early Learning Centre (roll year 2025).
- Where is Childsteps Early Learning Centre?
- 8 Merfield Street Glen Innes Auckland - Maungakiekie-Tāmaki
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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 #47832) ↗ · 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.