Maungaturoto Playcentre
Playcentre
Hurndal Street, Maungatūroto · Kaipara District
Roll breakdown
By age
By ethnicity
Note: a child may be counted under multiple ethnicities (total may exceed roll).
Operator
Playcentre Aotearoa Cultural & rohe
ERO review
Education Review · 2025-07-17
"As they build their knowledge about early childhood education, they could increase the extent to which portfolios contain information about children's learning and how adults plan to extend this learning. They could also more consistently record children's individual and group interests and plan daily programmes to build on these interests."
Portfolio recording and programme planning developing; inconsistent assessment practices.
"Children enjoy exploring the learning environment, alongside their parents and whānau. They are developing confidence interacting with other children and adults other than their parents."
Children confident and engaged; developing social interactions with peers and adults.
"Centre practices are based on the Playcentre philosophy of families learning and growing together. Adults provide educational opportunities for their own and other centre members' children."
Strong family involvement embedded in Playcentre philosophy and practice model.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Compliance with legal requirements; minor improvements needed for playground fencing and sand management.
"The centre's secretary is currently filling the role of president and has provides leadership in decision making. New members have committed themselves to taking leadership positions, and are quickly learning about related responsibilities that enable the centre to continue operating."
Leadership emerging with new members; succession planning and strategic alignment needed.
Source: Education Review Office review of Maungaturoto Playcentre dated 2025-07-17, 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 3 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.
Composite score
How this is computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Maungaturoto Playcentre 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
Hurndal Street, Maungatūroto. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Operator financials
Source: Charities Services Annual Return
Frequently asked
- Is Maungaturoto Playcentre a free kindergarten?
- Maungaturoto Playcentre is a Playcentre service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Maungaturoto Playcentre?
- 30 children attend Maungaturoto Playcentre (roll year 2025).
- Where is Maungaturoto Playcentre?
- Hurndal Street Maungatūroto Kaipara District
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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 #17771) ↗ · CC-BY 4.0 via data.govt.nz
- ERO reviews: ERO institution page ↗ · Crown copyright (reuse permitted with attribution)
- Financials (2016-08-31): Charities Services Annual Return ↗ · CC-BY 4.0 via charities.govt.nz
- 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.