Magic Sparks Care and Learning
Education & Care
28 Buick Street, Petone · Lower Hutt City
Magic Sparks Care and Learning is an education and care service in Petone with a roll of 75 children. Our analysis of the 2023 ERO report identifies sound performance across curriculum and learning, health and safety, and leadership and governance, with established systems for professional learning and internal evaluation.
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
Standalone
Cultural & rohe
ERO review
Akanuku · 2023-02-14
"The curriculum provides children with a range of experiences to enhance and extend their learning and social competence."
Sound curriculum with range of experiences; next steps identified for improvement.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Health and safety practices are well monitored."
Sound health and safety monitoring; service meeting regulatory standards.
"Governance and management have developed a policy framework and annual plan to guide centre operations. Teacher appraisal and ongoing professional development are established processes. Regular review and internal evaluation help to maintain and improve the quality of its education and care."
Established governance, appraisal, professional learning, and internal evaluation systems in place.
Source: Education Review Office review of Magic Sparks Care and Learning dated 2023-02-14, 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 computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Magic Sparks Care and Learning 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
28 Buick Street, Petone. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Magic Sparks Care and Learning a free kindergarten?
- Magic Sparks Care and Learning is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Magic Sparks Care and Learning?
- 75 children attend Magic Sparks Care and Learning (roll year 2025).
- Where is Magic Sparks Care and Learning?
- 28 Buick Street Petone Lower Hutt City
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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 #45941) ↗ · 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.