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Happy Kids Preschool

Education & Care

📞 09-8368323 ✉ Email centre

287 Great North Road, Henderson · Auckland - Henderson-Massey

Happy Kids Preschool is an education and care service in Henderson with 45 children on roll. Our analysis of the ERO report grades Children's wellbeing and Health & safety both as B, indicating children show secure belonging and confidence in a supportive environment, with management assurance and legal compliance areas reviewed.

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

Total roll
45
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
45656

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 · 2022-08-30

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
B
"Children experience a curriculum where they are well supported to express their feelings, curiosity, creativity, and independence. They are comfortable with daily routines and confident to initiate conversations with their peers and adults."

Children show secure belonging, confidence, and emotional expression in supportive environment.

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Health & safety
→B
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."

Management assurance completed; legal compliance areas reviewed and attested.

Leadership & governance
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Source: Education Review Office review of Happy Kids Preschool dated 2022-08-30, 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 Happy Kids Preschool 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.

69 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=2425)
71
est
Wellbeing
20%
Grade B · bottom 10% of band (n=1871)
70
Health & Safety
20%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
70
Leadership
15%
Estimated from national average · below band median (n=2400)
66
est
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
est
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

287 Great North Road, Henderson. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Happy Kids Preschool a free kindergarten?
Happy Kids Preschool is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Happy Kids Preschool?
45 children attend Happy Kids Preschool (roll year 2025).
Where is Happy Kids Preschool?
287 Great North Road Henderson Auckland - Henderson-Massey

How much will this cost you? Use our FamilyBoost + Childcare Subsidy calculator to estimate your weekly out-of-pocket after government support.

Nearby & related

Learning Adventures Henderson 0.4 km
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BestStart Montel Avenue 0.6 km
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Rātā Educare Waitakere 0.8 km
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Henderson Kindergarten 0.9 km
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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.