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City Preschool

Education & Care

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68 Upper Queen Street, Newton · Auckland - Waitematā

Total roll
25
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
10372

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 · 2026-01-22

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
↓D
"Curriculum provision requires significant improvement to meet minimum requirements."

Significant improvement needed; non-compliance with curriculum standards.

Children's wellbeing
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Whānau partnership
B
"Regular informal opportunities are provided for parents to communicate with teachers about their child."

Regular informal communication channels established with families.

Bicultural practice
→C
"Providing a curriculum that respects and supports the rights of each child to be confident in their own culture and encourages children to understand and respect other cultures (C6)."

Non-compliance initially identified; subsequently addressed by service.

Health & safety
↓D
"ERO identified areas of non-compliance with regulatory standards that are an unacceptable risk to children."

Non-compliance identified; unacceptable risk to children noted.

Leadership & governance
C
"Consistent monitoring of the systems and practices for curriculum, premises and facilities, health and safety and governance and management is required to ensure regulatory standards are maintained."

Inconsistent monitoring; systematic review required for compliance.

Source: Education Review Office review of City Preschool dated 2026-01-22, 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 City Preschool 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.

47 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Grade D · bottom 10% of band (n=2425)
25
Wellbeing
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=1871)
74
est
Health & Safety
20%
Grade D · bottom 10% of band (n=2319)
25
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%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=2375)
50

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

68 Upper Queen Street, Newton. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is City Preschool a free kindergarten?
City Preschool is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at City Preschool?
25 children attend City Preschool (roll year 2025).
Where is City Preschool?
68 Upper Queen Street Newton Auckland - Waitematā

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

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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.