Mt Albert Playcentre
Playcentre
25 Phyllis Street, Mount Albert · Auckland - Albert-Eden
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
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Children demonstrate a strong sense of belonging. They are caring and considerate of others and develop positive social skills. Children join in mixed-age play, which allows them to support and learn from each other."
Children show strong belonging, positive relationships, and social-emotional development across age groups.
"Centre practices are based on the Playcentre philosophy of families learning together. The centre's philosophy affirms parents as valued and best educators of their children."
Parents central to philosophy and operations as kaiako; all members have voice in decision-making.
"Kaiako have a strong commitment to embedding bicultural practices in all aspects of the curriculum and centre operations. They consciously include waiata, te reo and tikanga Māori through the session."
Strong bicultural commitment evident; next steps include deepening te reo use and tikanga integration.
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Assurance statement completed; all legal requirements for health and safety management met.
"Centre members have adopted planned approaches to implementing the Playcentre Aotearoa policy framework. Experienced kaiako support newer centre members in understanding the Playcentre philosophy, centre expectations and taking on centre leadership roles."
Sound management framework with consensus-based decision-making; internal evaluation needs strengthening.
Source: Education Review Office review of Mt Albert 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 Mt Albert 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
25 Phyllis Street, Mount Albert. 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 Mt Albert Playcentre a free kindergarten?
- Mt Albert Playcentre is a Playcentre service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Mt Albert Playcentre?
- 30 children attend Mt Albert Playcentre (roll year 2025).
- Where is Mt Albert Playcentre?
- 25 Phyllis Street Mount Albert Auckland - Albert-Eden
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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 #22027) ↗ · CC-BY 4.0 via data.govt.nz
- ERO reviews: ERO institution page ↗ · Crown copyright (reuse permitted with attribution)
- Financials (2018-08-31): 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.