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Genius Kids Early Childhood Educational Centre

Education & Care

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93 Golf Road, New Lynn · Auckland - Whau

Genius Kids Early Childhood Educational Centre is an education and care service in New Lynn with a roll of 66 children. The ERO review identified strengths in curriculum and whānau partnership, with our analysis grading these as B. However, the review also identified non-compliance in health and safety and leadership and governance, both graded D in our analysis of the ERO report.

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

Total roll
66
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
47830

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 · 2024-02-21

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
B
"The service curriculum is inclusive, and responsive to children."

Curriculum is inclusive and responsive to children's needs.

Children's wellbeing
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

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

Service respects and acknowledges whānau aspirations for children.

Bicultural practice
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Health & safety
D
"At the time of the review, ERO identified non-compliance with regulatory standards that must be addressed."

Non-compliance with health and safety regulatory standards identified.

Leadership & governance
D
"At the time of the review, ERO identified non-compliance with regulatory standards that must be addressed."

Non-compliance in governance, management and administration identified.

Source: Education Review Office review of Genius Kids Early Childhood Educational Centre dated 2024-02-21, 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 Genius Kids Early Childhood Educational 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.

54 / 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%
Grade D · bottom 10% of band (n=2319)
25
Leadership
15%
Grade D · bottom 10% of band (n=2400)
25
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

93 Golf Road, New Lynn. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Genius Kids Early Childhood Educational Centre a free kindergarten?
Genius Kids Early Childhood Educational Centre is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Genius Kids Early Childhood Educational Centre?
66 children attend Genius Kids Early Childhood Educational Centre (roll year 2025).
Where is Genius Kids Early Childhood Educational Centre?
93 Golf 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.