Little Dinosaurs
Education & Care
87 Onslow Avenue, Epsom · Auckland - Albert-Eden
Little Dinosaurs is an education and care service in Epsom with a current roll of 27 children. An ERO review in January 2023 did not assign an overall placement. Our analysis of the ERO report found the service graded B across bicultural practice, health and safety, and leadership and governance, with previously identified non-compliances addressed and 100% qualified teaching staff.
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
Akanuku · 2023-01-24
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"The curriculum respects and supports the right of each child to be confident in their own culture and encourages children to understand and respect each other. Children have opportunities to develop an understanding of the cultural heritages of both parties to Te Tiriti o Waitangi."
Cultural respect and Te Tiriti understanding opportunities evident in curriculum.
"Since the onsite visit, the service has provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed non-compliances and is now taking reasonable steps to meet regulatory standards."
Previously identified non-compliances have been addressed; regulatory standards met.
"A qualified owner manages the centre and leads a team of four qualified teachers."
Qualified leadership and 100% qualified teaching staff evident.
Source: Education Review Office review of Little Dinosaurs dated 2023-01-24, 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 Little Dinosaurs 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
87 Onslow Avenue, Epsom. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Little Dinosaurs a free kindergarten?
- Little Dinosaurs is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Little Dinosaurs?
- 27 children attend Little Dinosaurs (roll year 2025).
- Where is Little Dinosaurs?
- 87 Onslow Avenue Epsom Auckland - Albert-Eden
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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 #10268) ↗ · 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.