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Confident Learners Early Learning Centre

Education & Care

📞 09-826 0644

91 Portage Road, New Lynn · Auckland - Whau

ERO's 2023 review identified multiple health and safety non-compliances posing unacceptable risk to children. Our analysis of the ERO report grades health and safety as D, leadership and governance as C, and bicultural practice as B. The centre has work to do to address compliance gaps and strengthen governance systems.

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

Total roll
45
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
20300

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 · 2023-09-22

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
↑B
"It reflects the unique place of Māori as tangata whenua. Children have opportunities to develop their knowledge and understanding of the cultural heritages of both parties to Te Tiriti o Waitangi."

Te Tiriti commitments evident; opportunities for bicultural learning provided.

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

Multiple non-compliances identified; unacceptable risk to children noted.

Leadership & governance
↓C
"Service leaders need to develop systems for monitoring compliance to ensure that regulatory standards are maintained."

Need to develop compliance monitoring systems; emerging governance practices.

Source: Education Review Office review of Confident Learners Early Learning Centre dated 2023-09-22, 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 2 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.

Composite score

How this is computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Confident Learners 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.

59 / 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 D · bottom 10% of band (n=2319)
25
Leadership
15%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=2400)
50
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
est
Bicultural Practice
12.5%
Grade B · near band median (n=2375)
70

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

91 Portage Road, New Lynn. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Confident Learners Early Learning Centre a free kindergarten?
Confident Learners 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 Confident Learners Early Learning Centre?
45 children attend Confident Learners Early Learning Centre (roll year 2025).
Where is Confident Learners Early Learning Centre?
91 Portage Road New Lynn Auckland - Whau

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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.