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Magical Years Childcare Centre

Education & Care

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4249 Great North Road, Glendene North West · Auckland - Henderson-Massey

Total roll
51
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
47456

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 · 2023-07-05

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Children's wellbeing
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Whānau partnership
B
"Teachers respect and acknowledge the aspirations held by parents and whānau for their children."

Teachers respect and acknowledge parent and whānau aspirations for children.

Bicultural practice
B
"The programme acknowledges and reflects the unique place of Māori as tangata whenua."

Programme acknowledges and reflects Māori as tangata whenua.

Health & safety
C
"An increased level of monitoring of health and safety and governance practices is required."

Increased monitoring of health and safety practices required.

Leadership & governance
C
"An increased level of monitoring of health and safety and governance practices is required."

Increased monitoring of governance practices required.

Source: Education Review Office review of Magical Years Childcare Centre dated 2023-07-05, 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 Magical Years Childcare Centre 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.

64 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=2425)
71
est
Wellbeing
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=1871)
74
est
Health & Safety
20%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=2319)
50
Leadership
15%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=2400)
50
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
Bicultural Practice
12.5%
Grade B · near band median (n=2375)
70

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

4249 Great North Road, Glendene North West. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Magical Years Childcare Centre a free kindergarten?
Magical Years Childcare Centre is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Magical Years Childcare Centre?
51 children attend Magical Years Childcare Centre (roll year 2025).
Where is Magical Years Childcare Centre?
4249 Great North Road Glendene North West Auckland - Henderson-Massey

How much will this cost you? Use our FamilyBoost + Childcare Subsidy calculator to estimate your weekly out-of-pocket after government support.

Nearby & related

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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.