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Creators Waipa

Education & Care

📞 021-2417305

91 Chapel Drive, Sherwin Park · Waipa District

Creators Waipa is an education and care service in Sherwin Park with 40 children on roll. Our analysis of the ERO report identifies strengths in whānau partnership and leadership and governance (both grade B), while bicultural practice is identified as an area for further development (grade C).

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

Total roll
40
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
46534

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 · 2023-08-09

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
B
"Positive steps are taken to respect and acknowledge the aspirations held by parents and whānau for their children."

Parents' and whānau aspirations respected and acknowledged.

Bicultural practice
C
"continuing to build consistent and shared understanding of culturally responsive practices in assessment and the daily curriculum to further enhance success for all learners."

Culturally responsive practices identified as next step for improvement.

Health & safety
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Leadership & governance
B
"Governed by Creators Educational Trust, a centre manager oversees a teaching team of qualified and unqualified teachers."

Clear governance and management structure in place.

Source: Education Review Office review of Creators Waipa dated 2023-08-09, 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 Creators Waipa 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.

68 / 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%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
66
est
Leadership
15%
Grade B · below band median (n=2400)
70
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

91 Chapel Drive, Sherwin Park. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Creators Waipa a free kindergarten?
Creators Waipa is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Creators Waipa?
40 children attend Creators Waipa (roll year 2025).
Where is Creators Waipa?
91 Chapel Drive Sherwin Park Waipa District

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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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.