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Helensville Playcentre

Playcentre

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7 Stewart Street, Helensville · Auckland - Rodney

Total roll
30
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
22004

Roll breakdown

By age

By ethnicity

Note: a child may be counted under multiple ethnicities (total may exceed roll).

Operator

Playcentre Aotearoa logo Playcentre Aotearoa

Cultural & rohe

ERO review

Education Review · 2025-07-17

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
B
"Children are highly engaged in their learning. At present the roll includes a high number of boys. Parents/whānau have selected a focus on science that is successfully challenging these children's thinking and experimentation. They also include literacy and mathematics in meaningful ways as children play."

Science focus effectively challenges thinking; literacy and maths integrated meaningfully in play.

Children's wellbeing
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
→C
"Children have opportunities to hear and use te reo Māori. They sing karakia before food and respond positively to the incidental inclusion of te reo in conversations. Centre members understand the need to place a focus on including tikanga Māori in their practices. They have identified that they should also include some recognition and inclusion of the diverse cultures of families attending the centre."

Te reo and karakia present but incidental; tikanga focus needed; diverse cultures to be included.

Health & safety
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Leadership & governance
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Source: Education Review Office review of Helensville Playcentre dated 2025-07-17, 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 computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Helensville Playcentre 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.

67 / 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%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
66
est
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%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=2375)
50

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

7 Stewart Street, Helensville. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Operator financials

Year ended2018-08-31
Total revenue$48,405
Surplus / deficit$-1,263

Source: Charities Services Annual Return

Frequently asked

Is Helensville Playcentre a free kindergarten?
Helensville Playcentre is a Playcentre service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Helensville Playcentre?
30 children attend Helensville Playcentre (roll year 2025).
Where is Helensville Playcentre?
7 Stewart Street Helensville Auckland - Rodney

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

Nearby & related

Sunny Days Community Preschool 0.3 km
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Little Firefly Early Learning Centre 0.4 km
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Helensville Montessori 0.7 km
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Active Explorers Helensville 0.9 km
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Including the 6 others nearby
Cost of daycare in Helensville
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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: 2018-08-31· 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.