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Li'l Champs Early Learning Centre

Education & Care

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204 - 206 Captain Springs Road, Onehunga · Auckland - Maungakiekie-Tāmaki

Li'l Champs Early Learning Centre is an education and care service in Onehunga with a current roll of 60 children. Our analysis of the ERO report (December 2023) found the service meets health and safety regulatory standards and has a new governance and management structure in place, though documented assessment planning requires further development.

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

Total roll
60
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
47041

Roll breakdown

By age

By ethnicity

Note: a child may be counted under multiple ethnicities (total may exceed roll).

Operator

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Cultural & rohe

ERO review

Akanuku · 2023-12-06

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
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Health & safety
→B
"At the time of the review, ERO found the service was taking reasonable steps to meet regulatory standards."

Service meets health and safety regulatory standards.

Leadership & governance
→B
"The service has new governance and management since the 2018 ERO report."

New governance and management structure in place; documented assessment planning needs development.

Source: Education Review Office review of Li'l Champs Early Learning Centre dated 2023-12-06, 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 Li'l Champs Early Learning 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.

70 / 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%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
70
Leadership
15%
Grade B · below band median (n=2400)
70
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

204 - 206 Captain Springs Road, Onehunga. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Li'l Champs Early Learning Centre a free kindergarten?
Li'l Champs Early Learning Centre is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Li'l Champs Early Learning Centre?
60 children attend Li'l Champs Early Learning Centre (roll year 2025).
Where is Li'l Champs Early Learning Centre?
204 - 206 Captain Springs Road Onehunga Auckland - Maungakiekie-Tāmaki

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Nearby & related

Te Papapa Preschool 0.2 km
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Young and Amazing Limited 0.2 km
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Our Kids Early Learning Centre - Onehunga 0.6 km
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Oranga Kindergarten 0.6 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: 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.