Home Grown Kids (Auckland - North Shore)
Home-based
57A Spring Street, Tauranga Central · Tauranga City
ERO assessed this home-based service as Not well placed in June 2020. Our analysis of the ERO report identified areas needing strengthening: curriculum and learning practices showed inconsistent quality across the network, health and safety had non-compliances that were subsequently addressed, and leadership and governance required more refined strategic planning. The service was graded positively for children's wellbeing and bicultural practice.
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
Home Grown Kids Cultural & rohe
ERO review
ERO review · 2020-06-19
"strengthen the quality and consistency of the curriculum, particularly in the areas of assessment, planning and evaluation."
Assessment, planning and evaluation need strengthening; inconsistent quality across network.
"The specific needs of infants, toddlers and young children are supported by a consistent and familiar educator. Emphasis is given to providing respectful and nurturing interactions within a small group setting."
Consistent, familiar educators provide respectful, nurturing interactions in small groups.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Learning records show that the languages and cultures of children and their families are acknowledged and respected. There is a deliberate focus on developing bicultural perspectives and te ao Māori understandings."
Deliberate bicultural focus with te ao Māori understandings; identified for further strengthening.
"Senior leaders are currently undertaking a significant review of all health and safety processes. This work is ongoing and is necessary to improve systems, processes and practices, especially in relation to meeting statutory obligations."
Significant health and safety review underway; non-compliances identified and subsequently addressed.
"refine strategic planning to include annual action plans and processes for monitoring, evaluating and reporting identified service priorities, including compliance with legal requirements"
Strategic planning needs refinement; annual action plans and monitoring processes required.
Source: Education Review Office review of Home Grown Kids (Auckland - North Shore) dated 2020-06-19, 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 Home Grown Kids (Auckland - North Shore) 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
57A Spring Street, Tauranga Central. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
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Frequently asked
- Is Home Grown Kids (Auckland - North Shore) a free kindergarten?
- Home Grown Kids (Auckland - North Shore) is a Home-based service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Home Grown Kids (Auckland - North Shore)?
- 50 children attend Home Grown Kids (Auckland - North Shore) (roll year 2025).
- Where is Home Grown Kids (Auckland - North Shore)?
- 57A Spring Street Tauranga Central Tauranga City
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #30240) ↗ · 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
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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
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