Lollipops Browns Bay
Education & Care
41 Bute Road, Browns Bay · Auckland - Hibiscus and Bays
ERO assessed Lollipops Browns Bay as Not well placed in October 2017. Our analysis of the ERO report identified strengths in children's wellbeing, whānau partnership, and health and safety (all grade B), but noted areas requiring development in curriculum and learning, bicultural practice, and leadership and governance (all grade C).
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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 · 2017-10-20
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 plan their programme around teacher-led topics. Science and literacy feature strongly in projects and investigations. Teachers should now include children's interests into their planning processes."
Teacher-led topics dominate; children's interests not yet central to planning.
"Children and their families are warmly welcomed into the centre. Teachers prioritise building positive relationships with children that support them to settle into their day. Transitions into and through the centre are sensitively managed."
Warm welcomes, positive relationships, sensitive transitions evident and established.
"Teachers document children's participation in the programme in learning stories and share these with parents and whānau through an online platform."
Learning stories shared via online platform; documentation shared with families.
"Teachers are researching ways to deepen their bicultural knowledge and practice through a process of internal evaluation and engagement with whānau."
Emerging bicultural practice; teachers actively developing but still strengthening depth.
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Legal compliance confirmed; ratios better than minimum; assurance processes completed.
"Internal evaluation needs continued refinement to be effective in lifting teaching practice. A review of the teaching philosophy could help the teaching team to develop shared understandings about quality practices in early childhood education."
Internal evaluation systems developing; strategic planning underway but needs alignment.
Source: Education Review Office review of Lollipops Browns Bay dated 2017-10-20, 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
41 Bute Road, Browns Bay. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
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Frequently asked
- Is Lollipops Browns Bay a free kindergarten?
- Lollipops Browns Bay is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Lollipops Browns Bay?
- 75 children attend Lollipops Browns Bay (roll year 2025).
- Where is Lollipops Browns Bay?
- 41 Bute Road Browns Bay Auckland - Hibiscus and Bays
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #45855) ↗ · 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
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