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Magic Sparks Cuba

Education & Care

📞 06-357 0744

198 Cuba Street, Palmerston North Central · Palmerston North City

Magic Sparks Cuba is an education and care service in Palmerston North Central with a current roll of 80 children. An ERO review in October 2024 found the service has a responsive, intentional curriculum with focus on social-emotional learning, learner-focused partnerships with parents, and collaborative leadership. Our analysis of the ERO report graded curriculum and learning, whānau partnership, and leadership and governance all as B.

AI-generated summary of this centre's ERO review data — verify against the ERO report below. How summaries are generated.

Total roll
80
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
47104

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

Akarangi · 2024-10-04

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
→B
"Children engage well in a curriculum responsive to them as individuals, developed through learner-focused partnerships with parents."

Responsive, intentional curriculum with intentional focus on social-emotional learning and assessment in progress.

Children's wellbeing
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Whānau partnership
B
"Children engage well in a curriculum responsive to them as individuals, developed through learner-focused partnerships with parents."

Learner-focused partnerships with parents evident in curriculum development.

Bicultural practice
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Health & safety
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Leadership & governance
B
"Leaders and teachers collaborate to enact their goals and priorities for improvement."

Collaborative leadership established; professional learning community building capability effectively.

Source: Education Review Office review of Magic Sparks Cuba dated 2024-10-04, 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 computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Magic Sparks Cuba 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.

69 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2425)
70
Wellbeing
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=1871)
74
est
Health & Safety
20%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
66
est
Leadership
15%
Grade B · below band median (n=2400)
70
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
Bicultural Practice
12.5%
Estimated from national average · near band median (n=2375)
64
est

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

198 Cuba Street, Palmerston North Central. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Magic Sparks Cuba a free kindergarten?
Magic Sparks Cuba is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Magic Sparks Cuba?
80 children attend Magic Sparks Cuba (roll year 2025).
Where is Magic Sparks Cuba?
198 Cuba Street Palmerston North Central Palmerston North City

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Sources & verification

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Data sources & freshness (4 sources · last refresh 12 July 2026)
MoE ECE Directory

Service type, address, roll, ethnicity, Equity Index, 20 Hours, Takiwā, lat/lng

As of: Roll year 2025· Refresh: Nightly source · re-pulled on every deploy
Charities Services

Annual financial returns (community-based + umbrella orgs)

As of: 545 centres covered· Refresh: Annual filings · re-ingested with each refresh
ERO reports

Per-centre review reports + 6-dimension letter grades (curriculum / wellbeing / whānau / bicultural / health & safety / leadership)

As of: 10,663 reports / 4,194 centres · latest review 2026-05-18· Refresh: On review publication · CC-BY 4.0 attribution
Suburb context

Safety score, crime/1k, 2023 Census demographics

As of: 2023 Census· Refresh: Quarterly police data · 5-yearly census

Last build refresh: . See full methodology + data sources pages for licences, refresh cadences, and known gaps.