Headstart Early Learning
Education & Care
193 Hobsonville Road, Hobsonville · Auckland - Upper Harbour
Headstart Early Learning is an education and care service in Hobsonville with a roll of 43 children. Our analysis of the ERO report from January 2023 found strengths in curriculum and learning (A grade), with rich curriculum supporting children's agency and independence. Leadership and governance also rated A, reflecting robust evaluation and sustained improvement. Health and safety met legal requirements (B grade).
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 · 2023-01-20
"Children experience a rich curriculum which promotes their agency, independence, and decision-making. They are active leaders within the curriculum and demonstrate a strong sense of belonging. There is a shared understanding that exploration is the key to meaningful learning."
Rich curriculum with strong agency, independence, and active learning demonstrated.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Compliance with legal requirements met; assurance statement and self-audit completed.
"Evaluation for improvement is robust and effective. Leaders and kaiako recognise that strong evaluation practices lead to sustained and ongoing improvement. A shared leadership approach has been well embedded, using the strengths and abilities of the whole team."
Robust evaluation, shared leadership embedded, sustained improvement demonstrated.
Source: Education Review Office review of Headstart Early Learning dated 2023-01-20, 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 Headstart Early Learning 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
193 Hobsonville Road, Hobsonville. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Headstart Early Learning a free kindergarten?
- Headstart Early Learning is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Headstart Early Learning?
- 43 children attend Headstart Early Learning (roll year 2025).
- Where is Headstart Early Learning?
- 193 Hobsonville Road Hobsonville 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 #20320) ↗ · 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.