Howick KIDS Early Learning Centre
Education & Care
563 Pakuranga Road, Howick · Auckland - Howick
ERO assessed Howick KIDS Early Learning Centre as Not well placed in April 2020. Our analysis of the ERO report found strong performance in children's wellbeing, but identified areas for development in bicultural practice, whānau partnership communication, and health and safety procedures.
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
Education Review · 2020-04-06
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Children have a strong sense of belonging. They settle quickly and engage with a wide range of open-ended materials that encourage imaginative play in a well-resourced environment."
Highly evident strong belonging, settling, and engagement across centre.
"Trusting, respectful and nurturing relationships between teachers, children and families are highly valued."
Trust and respect evident, but limited detail on parent communication or responsiveness.
"ensure children have opportunities to experience and enhance their language, culture and identity."
Te Tiriti and Te Whāriki recognised, but next steps note need to ensure cultural opportunities.
"reported ratios of staff to children Under 2 1:4 Better than minimum requirements Over 2 1:8 Better than minimum requirements"
Ratios exceed requirements; legal compliance assured through management statement.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Source: Education Review Office review of Howick KIDS Early Learning Centre dated 2020-04-06, 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 Howick KIDS Early Learning Centre 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 Howick KIDS Early Learning Centre a free kindergarten?
- Howick KIDS Early Learning Centre is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Howick KIDS Early Learning Centre?
- 50 children attend Howick KIDS Early Learning Centre (roll year 2025).
- Where is Howick KIDS Early Learning Centre?
- 563 Pakuranga Road Howick Auckland - Howick
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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 #25017) ↗ · 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.