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Li'l Champs Educare

Education & Care

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57 Terry Street, Blockhouse Bay · Auckland - Whau

Li'l Champs Educare is an education and care service in Blockhouse Bay with 49 children on roll. Our analysis of the ERO report identifies bicultural practice as an area for development, with opportunities to increase te reo Māori in meaningful contexts. Health and safety standards are being met, with previous non-compliance on safety records addressed.

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

Total roll
49
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
45852

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 · 2023-12-13

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
→C
"increasing the opportunities children have to hear and speak te reo Māori in meaningful learning contexts"

Te reo Māori opportunities identified as area for increase in meaningful contexts.

Health & safety
B
"ERO found the service was taking reasonable steps to meet regulatory standards."

Health and safety standards being met; previous non-compliance on safety records addressed.

Leadership & governance
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Source: Education Review Office review of Li'l Champs Educare dated 2023-12-13, 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 Li'l Champs Educare 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.

68 / 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%
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

57 Terry Street, Blockhouse Bay. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Li'l Champs Educare a free kindergarten?
Li'l Champs Educare 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 Educare?
49 children attend Li'l Champs Educare (roll year 2025).
Where is Li'l Champs Educare?
57 Terry Street Blockhouse Bay Auckland - Whau

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Nearby & related

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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.