Educare Totara Park
Education & Care
11 Wairau Drive, Totara Parklands, Tikipunga · Whangarei District
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
Education Review · 2025-12-09
"Staff recognise that improved processes for assessing and planning children's learning could help to achieve this goal."
Assessment and planning processes need improvement; limited evidence of intentional teaching extension.
"Children benefit from respectful relationships with adults, and interactions that are unhurried. Teachers take time to listen and talk to children."
Strong relationships and responsive care evident; transitions well supported.
"Children and their families transitioning into the centre are well supported. Parents/whānau are encouraged to spend time at the centre."
Welcoming approach to families; could better communicate learning aspirations in planning.
"Centre staff have focused on ensuring that tamariki Māori have opportunities to experience success as Māori. They have engaged with whānau who support the centre to include aspects of te ao Māori including kapa haka, sharing of local legends and tikanga me te reo o te iwi."
Engaged with whānau; includes te ao Māori, kapa haka, local legends and tikanga.
"During the review ERO identified health and safety matters related to the supervision of children, safe and hygienic practices and hazard management. These matters could have been addressed if Educare Early Learning Centres policies and procedures were more closely followed."
Compliance gaps identified in supervision, hygiene, hazard management; policy adherence inconsistent.
"Further work could be done to clarify the centre's strategic goals. Greater specificity could provide a framework for monitoring improvements over time."
Strategic goals lack specificity; internal evaluation processes need strengthening.
Source: Education Review Office review of Educare Totara Park dated 2025-12-09, 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 2 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.
Composite score
How this is computedThe 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
11 Wairau Drive, Totara Parklands, Tikipunga. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Educare Totara Park a free kindergarten?
- Educare Totara Park is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Educare Totara Park?
- 84 children attend Educare Totara Park (roll year 2025).
- Where is Educare Totara Park?
- 11 Wairau Drive, Totara Parklands Tikipunga Whangarei District
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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 #46913) ↗ · 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.