Growing Minds Early Learning Centre
Education & Care
72 Sunset Road, Unsworth Heights · Auckland - Upper Harbour
Growing Minds Early Learning Centre is an education and care service in Unsworth Heights with 43 children on roll. Our analysis of the ERO report (January 2023) found the service performed well in children's wellbeing, whānau partnership, and health & safety, all graded B. Leadership and governance was graded C, with review processes and internal evaluation capability still in early stages.
AI-generated summary of this centre's ERO review data — verify against the ERO report below. How summaries are generated.
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 · 2023-01-27
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Children up to two years of age experience a nurturing environment. Infants are supported to develop their independence and to confidently explore the environment. Older children are curious and capable learners who share their ideas and sustain their play for extended periods of time."
Nurturing environment; children developing independence and engagement
"Leaders and teachers maintain respectful relationships with parents. Teachers intentionally provide an environment that is inclusive and accepting for children and their families."
Respectful relationships established; inclusive environment for families
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Since the onsite visit the service provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed the following non-compliances: Ensuring a detailed record of each component of safety checking is kept, including recording the date on which each step was undertaken, specifically the date of each risk assessment that is required to be completed after all relevant information is obtained (GMA7A). Ensuring children are checked for warmth, breathing, and general wellbeing at least every 5 to 10 minutes, or more frequently according to individual needs (HS9)."
Compliance issues identified and remedied; systems in place
"Review processes are in place that support teachers to reflect on, and revisit, their practices. Teachers are in the early stages of building their capability to undertake internal evaluation."
Review processes emerging; internal evaluation capability in early stages
Source: Education Review Office review of Growing Minds Early Learning Centre dated 2023-01-27, 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 computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Growing Minds 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.
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
72 Sunset Road, Unsworth Heights. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Growing Minds Early Learning Centre a free kindergarten?
- Growing Minds 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 Growing Minds Early Learning Centre?
- 43 children attend Growing Minds Early Learning Centre (roll year 2025).
- Where is Growing Minds Early Learning Centre?
- 72 Sunset Road Unsworth Heights Auckland - Upper Harbour
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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 #10104) ↗ · 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.