Growing Wings Central
Education & Care
1 Storey Avenue, Forest Lake · Hamilton City
Growing Wings Central is an education and care service in Forest Lake with 42 children on roll. Our analysis of the ERO report identifies sound whānau partnership and leadership practices (grade B), though bicultural practice has been identified as an area for development (grade C). The service has regular opportunities for whānau to share aspirations for their children and maintains operational guidance through annual planning.
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
Akanuku · 2022-07-28
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Regular opportunities are provided for parents and whānau to share aspirations for their child."
Regular opportunities provided for whānau to share aspirations for their child.
"The curriculum acknowledges and reflects the unique place of Māori as tangata whenua."
Māori acknowledged; opportunities identified to strengthen identity, language, culture reflection.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"An annual plan and philosophy statement guides the centres operations."
Sound operational guidance through annual plan and philosophy statement.
Source: Education Review Office review of Growing Wings Central dated 2022-07-28, 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).
Composite score
How this is computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Growing Wings Central 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
1 Storey Avenue, Forest Lake. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Growing Wings Central a free kindergarten?
- Growing Wings Central is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Growing Wings Central?
- 42 children attend Growing Wings Central (roll year 2025).
- Where is Growing Wings Central?
- 1 Storey Avenue Forest Lake Hamilton City
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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 #47809) ↗ · 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.