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Li'l Pumpkins Early Learning Tamahere

Education & Care

📞 07-8590090

48a Devine Road, RD3, Tamahere West · Waikato District

Total roll
110
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
30293

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 · 2024-11-19

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
↓B
"The centre curriculum offers complexity and challenge for children of all age groups. Teachers of infants provide a calm, unhurried and consistent environment where their oral language learning is given priority. Older children enjoy provocations and project work that allow them to lead their own learning."

Strong curriculum with intentional teaching; some assessment practices need streamlining.

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
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."

Management assurance completed; legal compliance documented and systems in place.

Leadership & governance
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Source: Education Review Office review of Li'l Pumpkins Early Learning Tamahere dated 2024-11-19, 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 Pumpkins Early Learning Tamahere 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.

69 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2425)
70
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%
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

48a Devine Road, RD3, Tamahere West. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Li'l Pumpkins Early Learning Tamahere a free kindergarten?
Li'l Pumpkins Early Learning Tamahere is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Li'l Pumpkins Early Learning Tamahere?
110 children attend Li'l Pumpkins Early Learning Tamahere (roll year 2025).
Where is Li'l Pumpkins Early Learning Tamahere?
48a Devine Road, RD3 Tamahere West Waikato District

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Nearby & related

Tamahere Playcentre 0.1 km
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Educare Tamahere 0.7 km
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Waikato Montessori Early Education Centre 1 km
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The Meadows Early Learning Centre 2.7 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.