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Immanuel Preschool (Papatoetoe)

Education & Care

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184 Portage Road, Papatoetoe · Auckland - Ōtara-Papatoetoe

Immanuel Preschool is an education and care service in Papatoetoe with a current roll of 35 children. Our analysis of the ERO report identifies areas for development: curriculum and learning needs stronger alignment with Te Whāriki and current best practices, and leadership needs to better evaluate how improvements affect learner outcomes. Bicultural practice is a strength, with cultures and languages respected and valued.

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

Total roll
35
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
46370

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 · 2021-05-12

Review is 5 years old. ERO reassesses most services on a 3-year cycle, so a current review is likely in progress or recently due. Per-dimension grades below reflect this review's prose — they're useful as historical context but the centre's current quality may differ.
Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
↓C
"Teachers need to align their planned programme with Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum, and current understandings of high-quality practices in an early learning environment."

Programme needs alignment with Te Whāriki and current best practices.

Children's wellbeing
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
↓B
"Their cultures and languages are respected and valued within the service."

Cultures and languages are respected and valued.

Health & safety
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Leadership & governance
↓C
"Leaders and teachers should now consider how improvements made impact on outcomes for learners, and how they know this."

Leaders need to evaluate impact of improvements on learner outcomes.

Source: Education Review Office review of Immanuel Preschool (Papatoetoe) dated 2021-05-12, 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 Immanuel Preschool (Papatoetoe) 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.

63 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=2425)
50
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%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=2400)
50
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
est
Bicultural Practice
12.5%
Grade B · near band median (n=2375)
70

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

184 Portage Road, Papatoetoe. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Immanuel Preschool (Papatoetoe) a free kindergarten?
Immanuel Preschool (Papatoetoe) is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Immanuel Preschool (Papatoetoe)?
35 children attend Immanuel Preschool (Papatoetoe) (roll year 2025).
Where is Immanuel Preschool (Papatoetoe)?
184 Portage Road Papatoetoe Auckland - Ōtara-Papatoetoe

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

Nearby & related

Immanuel Preschool (Mangere) 0.2 km
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The Learning Grove Educare Centre 0.5 km
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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.