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Mighty Minds Educare

Education & Care

📞 09-525 6868

Level 1, Unit 7 531 Great South Road, Penrose · Auckland - Maungakiekie-Tāmaki

Mighty Minds Educare is an education and care service in Penrose with 84 children on roll. Our analysis of the ERO report indicates children's wellbeing is graded B, with calm routines, nurturing attachments, and responsive caregiving consistently demonstrated. Whānau partnership is also graded B, with positive relationships established and parent input valued and used for curriculum design.

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

Total roll
84
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
46729

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 · 2024-06-12

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
B
"Infants and toddlers benefit from calm, unhurried routines. Their needs are responded to by teachers who prioritise nurturing attachments and a respectful caregiving practice."

Calm routines, nurturing attachments, and responsive caregiving consistently demonstrated.

Whānau partnership
B
"Leaders and teachers have developed positive relationships with parents. Teachers provided parents with opportunities to contribute to the curriculum. The aspirations they have for their children and their learning is valued and used to inform curriculum design."

Positive relationships established; parent input valued and used for curriculum design.

Bicultural practice
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Health & safety
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Leadership & governance
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Source: Education Review Office review of Mighty Minds Educare dated 2024-06-12, 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 Mighty Minds Educare 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%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=2425)
71
est
Wellbeing
20%
Grade B · bottom 10% of band (n=1871)
70
Health & Safety
20%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
66
est
Leadership
15%
Estimated from national average · below band median (n=2400)
66
est
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

Level 1, Unit 7 531 Great South Road, Penrose. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Mighty Minds Educare a free kindergarten?
Mighty Minds Educare is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Mighty Minds Educare?
84 children attend Mighty Minds Educare (roll year 2025).
Where is Mighty Minds Educare?
Level 1, Unit 7 531 Great South Road Penrose Auckland - Maungakiekie-Tāmaki

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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.