Highland Park Kindergarten
Kindergarten
563 Pakuranga Road, Howick · Auckland - Howick
ERO assessed Highland Park Kindergarten as Not well placed in its 2018 review. Our analysis of the ERO report identified strengths in curriculum and learning (A grade), and sound bicultural practice (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
Auckland Kindergarten Association Cultural & rohe
ERO operator-wide review
Governing Organisation Evaluation · 2025-06-10 · covers the wider operator group
ERO's most recent review for this centre is an operator-wide review — ERO has chosen to review the parent group rather than this centre individually. The findings apply across all centres in the group.
Source: Education Review Office operator-wide review dated 2025-06-10, licensed CC-BY 4.0.
Earlier individual centre review
ERO Review · 2018-03-20· superseded by operator-wide review above
"Teachers know children very well and plan programmes that are responsive to children's individual interests. Teachers deliberately integrate opportunities for literacy and numeracy in the context of play. They document children's learning very well with detailed records of children's own planning and research. Teachers skilfully analyse learning experiences to identify the dispositions that support children to become lifelong learners."
Exemplary responsive planning, integration of literacy/numeracy, and skilful assessment practices.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Children benefit from the strongly bicultural programme that enables them to become familiar with some te reo Māori, waiata and aspects of tikanga Māori."
Sound bicultural programme with te reo Māori, waiata, and tikanga embedded in learning.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Source: Education Review Office review of Highland Park Kindergarten dated 2018-03-20, 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 2 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.
Composite score
How this is computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Highland Park Kindergarten 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
563 Pakuranga Road, Howick. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Highland Park Kindergarten a free kindergarten?
- Highland Park Kindergarten is a Free Kindergarten. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds — you may also be eligible for FamilyBoost and Childcare Subsidy.
- What's the roll at Highland Park Kindergarten?
- 40 children attend Highland Park Kindergarten (roll year 2025).
- Where is Highland Park Kindergarten?
- 563 Pakuranga Road Howick Auckland - Howick
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #5055) ↗ · 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.