Kindercare Learning Centres - Henderson
Education & Care
105 Central Park Drive, Henderson · Auckland - Henderson-Massey
ERO assessed the service as Not well placed in its 2016 review. Our analysis of the ERO report found the centre performed well in curriculum and learning, children's wellbeing, whānau partnership, health and safety, and leadership and governance, but identified bicultural practice as an area needing further development.
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
Kindercare Learning Centres Cultural & rohe
ERO operator-wide review
Governing Organisation · 2024-08-26 · covers the wider operator group
ERO's most recent review for this centre is an operator-wide review — ERO has chosen to review the parent group rather than this centre individually. The findings apply across all centres in the group.
Source: Education Review Office operator-wide review dated 2024-08-26, licensed CC-BY 4.0.
Earlier individual centre review
ERO review · 2016-11-23· superseded by operator-wide review above
"Programmes are underpinned by Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum."
Te Whāriki implementation evident; strong focus on oral language and communication development.
"The values of care and respect are central to the curriculum and are modelled well by leaders. They are particularly evident in the rooms for infants and toddlers."
Care and respect values evident; positive practice in infant/toddler rooms; inclusive atmosphere established.
"An online, digital portal has increased communications with whānau. It helps teachers to establish respectful and positive partnerships with whānau and contributes to their planning for individual and group learning."
Digital communication tools strengthen whānau partnerships; respectful engagement evident.
"Managers could now support teachers to deepen their understanding of Māori and Pacific languages and cultures and strengthen their partnerships with whānau to enhance their provision for Māori and Pacific children."
Some steps taken; significant opportunity to deepen Māori and Pacific language/culture understanding.
"Kindercare provides well established systems and policies to guide centres. These systems are consistently implemented and regularly monitored."
Well-established systems consistently implemented; legal compliance assured.
"A strong coaching and mentoring process encourages teachers to individually research and discuss the skills and attributes that constitute high quality teaching practices. Managers are regular participants in the programme and model good practice."
Strong coaching/mentoring; collaborative leadership; internal evaluation focus; professional learning evident.
Source: Education Review Office review of Kindercare Learning Centres - Henderson dated 2016-11-23, 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 computedThe 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
105 Central Park Drive, Henderson. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Kindercare Learning Centres - Henderson a free kindergarten?
- Kindercare Learning Centres - Henderson is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Kindercare Learning Centres - Henderson?
- 100 children attend Kindercare Learning Centres - Henderson (roll year 2025).
- Where is Kindercare Learning Centres - Henderson?
- 105 Central Park Drive Henderson Auckland - Henderson-Massey
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #10125) ↗ · 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
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