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Kids at Play Childcare Centre

Education & Care

📞 09-6305800

6 Bellwood Avenue, Mount Eden · Auckland - Albert-Eden

Kids at Play Childcare Centre is an education and care service in Mount Eden with 42 children on roll. Our analysis of the ERO report found strong performance in curriculum and learning, with a play-based, Te Whāriki-aligned approach and intentional teaching. However, bicultural practice received a lower grade, with limited Māori representation and no explicit evidence of Te reo Māori or tikanga implementation.

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

Total roll
42
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
20187

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 · 2022-09-16

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
A
"Children learn in a play-based curriculum aligned with the principles and strands of Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum. Their interests, abilities and learning dispositions are valued, and assessment of these curriculum priorities is used to inform individual planning and curriculum goals."

Play-based, Te Whāriki-aligned curriculum with strong assessment and intentional teaching.

Children's wellbeing
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
C
"A small number of children attending are Māori."

Limited Māori representation; no explicit evidence of Te reo Māori or tikanga implementation.

Health & safety
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Leadership & governance
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Source: Education Review Office review of Kids at Play Childcare Centre dated 2022-09-16, 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).

Composite score

How this is computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Kids at Play Childcare 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.

71 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Grade A · top quartile of band (n=2425)
90
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

6 Bellwood Avenue, Mount Eden. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Operator financials

Year ended2025-12-31
Total revenue$1,377,850
Surplus / deficit$36,396
Paid employees14

Source: Charities Services Annual Return

Frequently asked

Is Kids at Play Childcare Centre a free kindergarten?
Kids at Play Childcare Centre is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Kids at Play Childcare Centre?
42 children attend Kids at Play Childcare Centre (roll year 2025).
Where is Kids at Play Childcare Centre?
6 Bellwood Avenue Mount Eden Auckland - Albert-Eden

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

Nearby & related

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Smart Start Montessori (Grange Rd) Pre-School 0.4 km
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BestStart Mount Eden 0.5 km
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Mt Eden Kindergarten 0.5 km
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Sources & verification

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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: 2025-12-31· 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.