Lincoln North Kindergarten
Kindergarten
47 A Longburn Road, Henderson · Auckland - Henderson-Massey
ERO assessed Lincoln North Kindergarten as Not well placed in its 2018 review. Our analysis of the ERO report identified that curriculum and learning lacked challenge and variety, whānau partnership in learning needed development, bicultural practice required stronger integration, and leadership faced capacity challenges. Children's wellbeing was assessed as better developed, with respectful relationships and mixed-age play valued, though individualised responses could be improved.
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Roll breakdown
By age
By ethnicity
Note: a child may be counted under multiple ethnicities (total may exceed roll).
Operator
Auckland Kindergarten Association Cultural & rohe
ERO operator-wide review
Governing Organisation Evaluation · 2025-06-10 · covers the wider operator group
ERO's most recent review for this centre is an operator-wide review — ERO has chosen to review the parent group rather than this centre individually. The findings apply across all centres in the group.
Source: Education Review Office operator-wide review dated 2025-06-10, licensed CC-BY 4.0.
Earlier individual centre review
ERO Review · 2018-03-19· superseded by operator-wide review above
"Children would, however, benefit from better access to a wider range of resources that offer children more variety and challenge, and support creative and imaginative play. A greater focus on responding to individual children, and increasing children's opportunities for physical challenge are also important areas for development."
Teaching responsive to some interests but lacks challenge, variety and physical opportunities.
"Children and whānau experience respectful relationships with kind and caring teachers. Children settle quickly into the programme with activities provided by teachers. Mixed-age play opportunities are valued and promoted. Children enjoy their play and there is an unhurried pace to the programme."
Respectful relationships, quick settling, valued mixed-age play, but needs more individualised responses.
"over the last three years the teaching team has not made the necessary progress to address the areas identified as needing improvement in ERO's 2015 report. Those improvements included developing robust self review, involving parents in children's learning, promoting te reo and tikanga Māori, and including Pacific parents' cultural perspectives."
Parent involvement in learning not yet adequately developed; limited progress over three years.
"increase the integration of te reo and tikanga Māori in the daily programme and make children's cultural heritage and strengths more visible in their portfolios increase opportunities for children to explore Pacific values and contexts in the daily programme"
Te reo, tikanga and Pacific perspectives need stronger integration into daily practice.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"The kindergarten faces a period of change, with a new head teacher having been appointed in early 2018. However, over the last three years the teaching team has not made the necessary progress to address the areas identified as needing improvement in ERO's 2015 report."
New leadership in place but limited progress on prior improvement areas; evaluation practices need strengthening.
Source: Education Review Office review of Lincoln North Kindergarten dated 2018-03-19, 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 2 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.
Composite score
How this is computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Lincoln North Kindergarten 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
47 A Longburn Road, Henderson. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
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Frequently asked
- Is Lincoln North Kindergarten a free kindergarten?
- Lincoln North Kindergarten is a Free Kindergarten. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds — you may also be eligible for FamilyBoost and Childcare Subsidy.
- What's the roll at Lincoln North Kindergarten?
- 40 children attend Lincoln North Kindergarten (roll year 2025).
- Where is Lincoln North Kindergarten?
- 47 A Longburn Road Henderson Auckland - Henderson-Massey
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #5095) ↗ · 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
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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
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