Lollipops Pukekohe
Education & Care
5 Paerata Road, Pukekohe North West · Auckland - Franklin
ERO assessed Lollipops Pukekohe as Not well placed in October 2018. Our analysis of the ERO report identified curriculum and learning, and bicultural practice as areas needing development, while children's wellbeing, whānau partnership, health and safety, and leadership and governance were assessed as stronger.
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 · 2018-10-18
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.
"The centre manager plans to focus more closely on developing teachers' shared understanding of Te Whāriki 2017, the revised early childhood curriculum, and of good quality programmes."
Te Whāriki understanding developing; programmes dependent on routines needing improvement.
"Interactions between teachers and children are generally warm and encouraging, supporting children's developing social competence, and a sense of wellbeing and belonging."
Warm interactions, sense of belonging evident; transitions supported smoothly.
"Teachers engage well with whānau, sharing information about their children and the programme"
Effective engagement with whānau; information sharing established.
"Teachers' commitment to supporting children's understanding of the dual cultural heritage of Aotearoa New Zealand is evident in their meaningful use of te reo Māori."
Te reo Māori use evident but identified as area needing strengthening.
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Ratios better than minimum; systems for managing physical and emotional safety in place.
"Leaders have a clear vision and focus for the centre and on succession planning for leadership roles. Internal evaluation is established and is starting to lead to improved provision and outcomes for children."
Clear vision and succession planning; internal evaluation established and developing.
Source: Education Review Office review of Lollipops Pukekohe dated 2018-10-18, 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
5 Paerata Road, Pukekohe North West. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Lollipops Pukekohe a free kindergarten?
- Lollipops Pukekohe is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Lollipops Pukekohe?
- 50 children attend Lollipops Pukekohe (roll year 2025).
- Where is Lollipops Pukekohe?
- 5 Paerata Road Pukekohe North West Auckland - Franklin
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #25131) ↗ · 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.