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.
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
"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
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"It acknowledges and reflects the unique place of Māori as tangata whenua."
Acknowledges Māori as tangata whenua; bicultural practice evident
"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
"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 computedOne 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.
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.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
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
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 #25301) ↗ · 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.