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Laugh and Learn

Education & Care

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60 Cascades Road, Pakuranga · Auckland - Howick

Laugh and Learn is an education and care service in Pakuranga and Howick with 34 children on roll. Our analysis of the October 2024 ERO report identifies strengths in curriculum design with intentional learning and child-led choices (B grade), and in children's wellbeing where children are confident and engaged (B grade). Leadership and governance was graded C, with the report noting that while professional learning is being accessed, impact evaluation remains incomplete and internal evaluation processes are developing.

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

Total roll
34
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
47785

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 · 2024-10-21

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
B
"An intentional learning environment supports children to lead and make choices in their learning."

Intentional learning environment with child-led choices; assessment practices being developed

Children's wellbeing
B
"Children demonstrate confidence as they explore and engage in a wide range of play experiences."

Children confident and engaged; calm curriculum for infants/toddlers; mixed-age play supported

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Health & safety
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Leadership & governance
↓C
"Leaders and teachers are not yet evaluating how this learning has impacted on their professional growth or resulted in improved learning outcomes for children."

Professional learning accessed but impact evaluation incomplete; internal evaluation identified as developing

Source: Education Review Office review of Laugh and Learn dated 2024-10-21, 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 Laugh and Learn 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.

65 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2425)
70
Wellbeing
20%
Grade B · bottom 10% of band (n=1871)
70
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%
Estimated from national average · near band median (n=2375)
64
est

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

60 Cascades Road, Pakuranga. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Laugh and Learn a free kindergarten?
Laugh and Learn is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Laugh and Learn?
34 children attend Laugh and Learn (roll year 2025).
Where is Laugh and Learn?
60 Cascades Road Pakuranga Auckland - Howick

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Nearby & related

Cascades Kindergarten 0.1 km
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Olive Tree Early Learning Centre 0.2 km
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Little Seed Early Learning Centre 0.7 km
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New Shoots Children's Centre - Pakuranga 0.7 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.