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Hillpark Preschool (2021) Limited

Education & Care

📞 09-2392577 ✉ Email centre

192 Helenslee Road, Pōkeno North · Waikato District

Hillpark Preschool is an education and care service for 30 children in Pōkeno North. Our analysis of the 2022 ERO report indicates strengths in curriculum and learning through play-based teaching and child agency, though bicultural practice shows inconsistent embedding in assessment approaches.

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

Total roll
30
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
47173

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 · 2022-08-16

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
B
"Children experience a play-based curriculum where they are responded to as confident and competent learners. Their choices are respected, and they are included in decisions about their learning."

Play-based curriculum with responsive teaching and child agency evident.

Children's wellbeing
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
C
"The service curriculum acknowledges and reflects the unique place of Māori as tangata whenua. Children have opportunities to develop knowledge and understanding of the cultural heritages of both parties to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. The home languages and cultures of all children are valued and acknowledged but yet to be consistently embedded into assessment practices."

Bicultural commitment present but inconsistent embedding in assessment practices.

Health & safety
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Leadership & governance
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Source: Education Review Office review of Hillpark Preschool (2021) Limited dated 2022-08-16, 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 Hillpark Preschool (2021) Limited 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

192 Helenslee Road, Pōkeno North. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Hillpark Preschool (2021) Limited a free kindergarten?
Hillpark Preschool (2021) Limited is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Hillpark Preschool (2021) Limited?
30 children attend Hillpark Preschool (2021) Limited (roll year 2025).
Where is Hillpark Preschool (2021) Limited?
192 Helenslee Road Pōkeno North Waikato District

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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.