Living & Learning Family Centre Henderson
Education & Care
212 Universal Drive, Henderson · Auckland - Henderson-Massey
ERO assessed this Henderson education and care service as Not well placed in 2020. Our analysis of the ERO report found sound curriculum planning (B grade) but identified areas needing development: whānau partnership and bicultural practice both require strengthening, with more formal inclusion of parent voice and aspirations, and deeper integration of te reo and cultural practices needed.
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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
Education Review · 2020-03-13
"Teaching teams plan responsive programmes for groups of children based on observations of their interests. Key teachers ensure programmes are planned for individual children. Children's portfolios of learning are individual to each child. Evaluation is part of the planning cycle and now needs to more strongly focus on the impact of teaching strategies on children's learning."
Sound responsive planning evident; evaluation of teaching impact needs strengthening.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Whānau are invited to centre celebrations and parent evenings, which provide opportunities to talk with teachers about their child's learning. Leaders and teachers could now formalise this process to include parent aspirations into programme plans."
Partnerships developing; formalising parent voice and aspirations into planning needed.
"Leaders and teachers promote the use of te reo Māori and Pacific languages in interactions with children and their families, and increasingly in centre documentation. Their goal is to work in partnerships with Māori and Pacific whānau, seeking knowledge of their culture and beliefs to establish responsive and relevant learning outcomes for their children."
Te reo and partnership developing; deeper integration of cultures and languages needed.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"The centre is well led. There are carefully considered plans in place through the Living & Learning organisation to develop future leaders. A sound framework has been established for internal evaluation, and shared understandings of the purpose and process are developing across the team. A very detailed organisational strategic plan is in place."
Effective leadership with sound evaluation framework; centre-specific strategic direction could be strengthened.
Source: Education Review Office review of Living & Learning Family Centre Henderson dated 2020-03-13, 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
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Where Living & Learning Family Centre Henderson 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
212 Universal Drive, Henderson. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
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Frequently asked
- Is Living & Learning Family Centre Henderson a free kindergarten?
- Living & Learning Family Centre Henderson is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Living & Learning Family Centre Henderson?
- 125 children attend Living & Learning Family Centre Henderson (roll year 2025).
- Where is Living & Learning Family Centre Henderson?
- 212 Universal Drive Henderson Auckland - Henderson-Massey
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #45851) ↗ · 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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