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ME Family Services - Early Childhood

Education & Care

16-18 Ferguson Street, Mangere East · Auckland - Māngere-Ōtāhuhu

ME Family Services - Early Childhood is an education and care service in Mangere East with 75 children on roll. Our analysis of the ERO report shows the service meets standards in curriculum and learning, bicultural practice, and health and safety, though leadership and governance systems require development.

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

Total roll
75
2025
Under 2s
20 Hours ECE
MOE #
25301

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 · 2024-07-19

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
B
"The service curriculum respects and supports the right of each child to be confident in their own culture and encourages children to understand and respect each other."

Curriculum meets standards; respects cultural identity and supports learning

Children's wellbeing

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Whānau partnership

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

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

Acknowledges Māori as tangata whenua; bicultural practice evident

Health & safety
B
"Since the onsite visit, the service has provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed non-compliances and is now taking reasonable steps to meet regulatory standards."

Previously identified non-compliances addressed; health safety standards met

Leadership & governance
C
"Systems for monitoring compliance with health and safety, as well as governance, management and administration require development to ensure the regulatory standards are maintained."

Systems for governance and monitoring require development

Source: Education Review Office review of ME Family Services - Early Childhood dated 2024-07-19, 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 computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where ME Family Services - Early Childhood 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.

68 / 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%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
70
Leadership
15%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=2400)
50
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
est
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

16-18 Ferguson Street, Mangere East. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is ME Family Services - Early Childhood a free kindergarten?
ME Family Services - Early Childhood is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at ME Family Services - Early Childhood?
75 children attend ME Family Services - Early Childhood (roll year 2025).
Where is ME Family Services - Early Childhood?
16-18 Ferguson Street Mangere East Auckland - Māngere-Ōtāhuhu

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Sources & verification

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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

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

Annual financial returns (community-based + umbrella orgs)

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

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

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.