Kakano Early Childhood Centre
Education & Care
91 Palmers Road, Manukau City · Auckland - Manurewa
Kakano Early Childhood Centre is an education and care service in Manurewa with 49 children on roll. Our analysis of the ERO report (November 2021) found the centre strong in whānau partnership (grade A), with warm family relationships and valued contributions. Curriculum and learning, and leadership and governance both received grade B, with effective learning experiences and ongoing professional development evident.
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
Akarangi · 2021-11-11
"Children willingly engage in meaningful learning experiences. They confidently make independent choices about their learning. There are many opportunities for children to explore and participate in a range of activities, including sensory and mud play."
Effective learning experiences with meaningful play and independent choice-making evident.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Families are warmly welcomed, and their contributions are highly valued by staff. Parents and teachers are developing learner-centred relationships that help children to develop social competence and cultural connectedness in a play-based context."
Warm welcome, highly valued contributions, strong learner-centred relationships with families.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Regular participation in professional learning opportunities is enabling teachers to deepen their shared understandings about current research and effective teaching practices. Internal evaluation processes help leaders and teachers to identify actions that contribute to ongoing improvements to systems and practices."
Professional learning ongoing, internal evaluation processes support improvement identification.
Source: Education Review Office review of Kakano Early Childhood Centre dated 2021-11-11, 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 Kakano Early Childhood 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
91 Palmers Road, Manukau City. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Kakano Early Childhood Centre a free kindergarten?
- Kakano Early Childhood Centre is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Kakano Early Childhood Centre?
- 49 children attend Kakano Early Childhood Centre (roll year 2025).
- Where is Kakano Early Childhood Centre?
- 91 Palmers Road Manukau City Auckland - Manurewa
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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 #25360) ↗ · 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.