Lollipops Albany
Education & Care
406 Rosedale Road, North Harbour · Auckland - Upper Harbour
ERO assessed Lollipops Albany as Not well placed in April 2016. Our analysis of the ERO report identified strengths in children's wellbeing and leadership & governance, with health and safety systems meeting requirements. The service had a roll of 95 children at the time of review.
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
Lollipops Educare Cultural & rohe
ERO review
ERO Review · 2016-04-28
This review predates ERO's current 4-point placement scale (introduced 2020). The overall judgement is omitted; the per-dimension grades below are extracted from the review prose and remain comparable.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Infants and toddlers benefit from responsive and trusting relationships. Teachers deliberately provide an unhurried programme allowing children to grasp experiences and wonder at the resources they investigate. Calm routines, respectful interactions and relaxed play contribute significantly to happy children with a sense of wellbeing and trust in the adults who guide them."
Strong relationships, responsive care, and positive emotional outcomes consistently demonstrated.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Reported ratios of staff to children Under 2 1:4 Better than minimum requirements Over 2 1:8 Better than minimum requirements"
Ratios exceed minimum standards; compliance systems in place and maintained.
"The centre is very well led. Despite being new to the role, the centre director has had a significant influence on curriculum development. She promotes a high trust model of distributed leadership and sharing of expertise within the centre. A positive, energised work culture results from this approach."
Strong strategic vision, professional culture, and effective governance systems established.
Source: Education Review Office review of Lollipops Albany dated 2016-04-28, 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).
Composite score
How this is computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Lollipops Albany 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
406 Rosedale Road, North Harbour. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Lollipops Albany a free kindergarten?
- Lollipops Albany is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Lollipops Albany?
- 95 children attend Lollipops Albany (roll year 2025).
- Where is Lollipops Albany?
- 406 Rosedale Road North Harbour Auckland - Upper Harbour
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Nearby & related
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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 #20242) ↗ · 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.