Lollipops Birkenhead
Education & Care
71 Roseberry Avenue, Birkenhead · Auckland - Kaipātiki
ERO assessed Lollipops Birkenhead as Not well placed in 2017. Our analysis of the ERO report found strengths in children's wellbeing, whānau partnership, and health and safety practices, but identified areas requiring development: curriculum planning lacked systematic teaching strategies, bicultural practice was emerging, and leadership systems needed clearer strategic direction.
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 · 2017-03-20
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.
"Teachers could now improve planning with an increased focus on teaching strategies to extend learning."
Planning exists but lacks systematic teaching strategies to extend children's learning.
"Children are happy, settled and confident in the centre. They have very good relationships with teachers and they play well together in small social groups."
Children settled and confident with strong relationships; good play and social development.
"Parents and whānau are encouraged to be active partners in children's learning. They are invited to many centre events, to participate in surveys and to contribute to cultural celebrations."
Active family engagement through events, surveys, and cultural participation evident.
"Teachers are committed to the ongoing development of bicultural practice in the centre."
Commitment expressed but described as ongoing development, indicating emerging practice.
"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 legal requirements; assurance statement completed on legal compliance.
"As centre leaders, they recognise the need to streamline management practices and more clearly identify progress towards strategic goals and improved outcomes for children."
Leadership systems exist but require streamlining and clearer strategic planning implementation.
Source: Education Review Office review of Lollipops Birkenhead dated 2017-03-20, 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 computedThe 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
71 Roseberry Avenue, Birkenhead. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Lollipops Birkenhead a free kindergarten?
- Lollipops Birkenhead is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Lollipops Birkenhead?
- 60 children attend Lollipops Birkenhead (roll year 2025).
- Where is Lollipops Birkenhead?
- 71 Roseberry Avenue Birkenhead Auckland - Kaipātiki
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #20158) ↗ · 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.