Little Settlers
Education & Care
127 Bombay Road, Bombay Hills · Auckland - Franklin
Little Settlers is an education and care service in Bombay Hills with a roll of 60 children. Our analysis of the ERO report (September 2021) shows the service has established a Te Whāriki-based curriculum and family partnerships (grade B in both areas), with sound leadership and health and safety systems also graded B. Bicultural practice was assessed as developing, with te reo and tikanga valued but integration inconsistent (grade C).
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 · 2021-09-09
"Children experience a curriculum reflective of the service philosophy, that is based on the principles and strands of Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum."
Te Whāriki-based curriculum established; assessment and planning developing but not yet culturally comprehensive.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Leaders and kaiako are embedding learning-focused partnerships with parents and whānau."
Family partnerships established and learning-focused; communication and responsiveness evident.
"Leaders have identified an ongoing need to strengthen their meaningful integration of te ao Māori to continue to grow the bicultural curriculum."
Te reo and tikanga valued but integration inconsistent; cultural identity in assessment developing.
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Compliance systems in place; one non-compliance identified and subsequently addressed by service.
"Systems and processes for emergent and regular internal evaluation are in place."
Strategic direction and governance sound; internal evaluation emerging; professional learning developing.
Source: Education Review Office review of Little Settlers dated 2021-09-09, 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 Settlers 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
127 Bombay Road, Bombay Hills. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Little Settlers a free kindergarten?
- Little Settlers is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Little Settlers?
- 60 children attend Little Settlers (roll year 2025).
- Where is Little Settlers?
- 127 Bombay Road Bombay Hills Auckland - Franklin
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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 #46916) ↗ · 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.