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Levin Playcentre Incorporated

Playcentre

📞 06-3682050

13a Paisley Street, Kawiu South · Horowhenua District

Total roll
30
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
52007

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

Education Review · 2025-07-17

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Children's wellbeing
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
→A
"Te ao Māori enhances day-to-day experiences for children as they contribute to karakia, waiata and proudly acknowledge their whakapapa. Māori children experience success as Māori in a culturally affirming climate. Children's culture, language and identity are celebrated."

Te ao Māori embedded in daily practice, Māori children experience success as Māori, cultural affirmation evident.

Health & safety
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Leadership & governance
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Source: Education Review Office review of Levin Playcentre Incorporated dated 2025-07-17, 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 3 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.

Composite score

How this is computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Levin Playcentre Incorporated 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.

72 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=2425)
71
est
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 A · top quartile of band (n=2375)
90

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

13a Paisley Street, Kawiu South. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Operator financials

Year ended2016-08-31
Total revenue$42,851
Surplus / deficit$-1,680
Paid employees1

Source: Charities Services Annual Return

Frequently asked

Is Levin Playcentre Incorporated a free kindergarten?
Levin Playcentre Incorporated is a Playcentre service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Levin Playcentre Incorporated?
30 children attend Levin Playcentre Incorporated (roll year 2025).
Where is Levin Playcentre Incorporated?
13a Paisley Street Kawiu South Horowhenua District

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Nearby & related

Betty Montford Kindergarten 0.4 km
kindergarten
Levin Baptist Kindergarten 0.8 km
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Levin Montessori 0.9 km
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Learning Links Horowhenua 0.9 km
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Sources & verification

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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)
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: 2016-08-31· 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.