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Christopher Robin Childcare

Education & Care

📞 09-378 0748 ✉ Email centre

4 Sherwood Avenue, Grey Lynn · Auckland - Waitematā

Christopher Robin Childcare is an education and care service in Grey Lynn with 26 children on roll. Our analysis of the ERO report identifies strengths in curriculum and learning (B grade) and whānau partnership (B grade), with Te Whāriki visible in practice. Leadership and governance (C grade) is an area requiring further development, particularly in internal evaluation and monitoring of impact.

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

Total roll
26
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
20036

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 · 2024-02-13

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
B
"Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum, is visible throughout planning documentation and learning stories. Teaching practice demonstrates an understanding of the curriculum, and the way children learn."

Curriculum well established; Te Whāriki visible and understood, but impact evaluation needed.

Children's wellbeing
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Whānau partnership
B
"Teachers and whānau work in partnership to plan individual learning pathways for children."

Partnership evident in planning; families involved in children's learning pathways.

Bicultural practice
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Health & safety
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Leadership & governance
↓C
"A process for internal evaluation has been established. This requires refining to be more evaluative, and to ensure the implementation of improvement actions are monitored and evaluated."

Internal evaluation emerging; needs refinement in monitoring and evaluating impact.

Source: Education Review Office review of Christopher Robin Childcare dated 2024-02-13, 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 Christopher Robin 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%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2425)
70
Wellbeing
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=1871)
74
est
Health & Safety
20%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
66
est
Leadership
15%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=2400)
50
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
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

4 Sherwood Avenue, Grey Lynn. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Christopher Robin Childcare a free kindergarten?
Christopher Robin Childcare is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Christopher Robin Childcare?
26 children attend Christopher Robin Childcare (roll year 2025).
Where is Christopher Robin Childcare?
4 Sherwood Avenue Grey Lynn Auckland - Waitematā

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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.