Lighthouse Preschool
Education & Care
69 Hutchinson Road, Bucklands Beach · Auckland - Howick
Lighthouse Preschool is an education and care centre in Bucklands Beach serving 55 children. Our analysis of the ERO report found B grades across curriculum and learning, children's wellbeing, health and safety, and leadership and governance. The centre demonstrates play-based Te Whāriki implementation, maintains a calm and respectful environment, and follows robust health and safety procedures, though monitoring and evaluation recording could be strengthened.
AI-generated summary of this centre's ERO review data — verify against the ERO report below. How summaries are generated.
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 · 2024-02-05
"Teachers provide a play-based, inclusive curriculum, underpinned by Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum."
Play-based, inclusive curriculum well-established with Te Whāriki implementation evident.
"Children experience a calm and unhurried environment in which they are treated with respect, dignity and valued as capable young learners."
Children experience calm, respectful environment with strong sense of belonging demonstrated.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"A robust and regularly reviewed framework of policies and procedures guides teaching practice and centre operations."
Robust policies and procedures guide operations; legal requirements management assurance provided.
"Relational trust between leaders and teachers supports effective team collaboration. Internal evaluation has a focus on ongoing improvement in teaching practices and the benefits to children."
Strong team collaboration and focus on improvement; monitoring and evaluation recording needs strengthening.
Source: Education Review Office review of Lighthouse Preschool dated 2024-02-05, 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 computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Lighthouse Preschool 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.
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
69 Hutchinson Road, Bucklands Beach. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Lighthouse Preschool a free kindergarten?
- Lighthouse Preschool is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Lighthouse Preschool?
- 55 children attend Lighthouse Preschool (roll year 2025).
- Where is Lighthouse Preschool?
- 69 Hutchinson Road Bucklands Beach Auckland - Howick
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Sources & verification
Every fact on this page links back to its government source. Verify directly:
- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #25292) ↗ · CC-BY 4.0 via data.govt.nz
- ERO reviews: ERO institution page ↗ · Crown copyright (reuse permitted with attribution)
- Suburb safety & demographics: SafeSuburbs ↗ · crimestats.co.nz ↗ · NZ Police RCVD + Stats NZ 2023 Census, CC-BY 4.0
- Funding policy (20 Hours / Childcare Subsidy / FamilyBoost): parents.education.govt.nz · WINZ · IRD · Crown copyright (policy only — we cite parameters, don't republish)
- Map tiles: © OpenStreetMap · © CARTO · ODbL + CC-BY 3.0
- Machine-readable formats: facts.json · markdown.md
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)
Service type, address, roll, ethnicity, Equity Index, 20 Hours, Takiwā, lat/lng
Annual financial returns (community-based + umbrella orgs)
Per-centre review reports + 6-dimension letter grades (curriculum / wellbeing / whānau / bicultural / health & safety / leadership)
Safety score, crime/1k, 2023 Census demographics
Last build refresh: . See full methodology + data sources pages for licences, refresh cadences, and known gaps.