Is Little Troopers Early Learning Centre a free kindergarten?

Little Troopers Early Learning Centre is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.

What's the roll at Little Troopers Early Learning Centre?

40 children attend Little Troopers Early Learning Centre (roll year 2025).

Little Troopers Early Learning Centre

Name: Little Troopers Early Learning Centre
Address: 320 Malfroy Road, Pomare, Bay of Plenty, NZ
Telephone: 07-3503369

Education & Care

📞 07-3503369 ✉ Email centre

320 Malfroy Road, Pomare · Rotorua District

Total roll

2025

Under 2s

—

20 Hours ECE

—

MOE #

47519

Roll breakdown

By age

By ethnicity

Note: a child may be counted under multiple ethnicities (total may exceed roll).

Operator

Standalone

Cultural & rohe

ERO operator-wide review

Akarangi · 2024-08-13 · 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 2024-08-13, licensed CC-BY 4.0.

Composite score

How this is computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Little Troopers Early Learning Centre 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%

Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=2425)

est

Wellbeing

20%

Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=1871)

est

Health & Safety

20%

Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)

est

Leadership

15%

Estimated from national average · below band median (n=2400)

est

Whānau Partnership

12.5%

Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)

est

Bicultural Practice

12.5%

Estimated from national average · near band median (n=2375)

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

320 Malfroy Road, Pomare. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Little Troopers Early Learning Centre a free kindergarten?: Little Troopers Early Learning Centre is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Little Troopers Early Learning Centre?: 40 children attend Little Troopers Early Learning Centre (roll year 2025).
Where is Little Troopers Early Learning Centre?: 320 Malfroy Road Pomare Rotorua District

How much will this cost you? Use our FamilyBoost + Childcare Subsidy calculator to estimate your weekly out-of-pocket after government support.

Nearby & related

Central Kids Kindergartens - Fordlands 0.5 km

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Te Rangimārie Kōhanga Reo Ki Rotorua 0.7 km

kohanga reo

BestStart Sunset 1 km

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Te Kōhanga Reo o Tō Te Rā 1.2 km

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All centres in Pomare

Including the 6 others nearby

Cost of daycare in Pomare

By age + FamilyBoost net

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When they start school

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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 #47519) ↗ · 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)
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)

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: 12 July 2026. See full methodology + data sources pages for licences, refresh cadences, and known gaps.