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Mt Wellington Playcentre

Playcentre

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174 Penrose Road, Mount Wellington · Auckland - Maungakiekie-Tāmaki

Total roll
30
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
22061

Roll breakdown

By age

By ethnicity

Note: a child may be counted under multiple ethnicities (total may exceed roll).

Operator

Playcentre Aotearoa logo Playcentre Aotearoa

Cultural & rohe

ERO review

Education Review · 2025-07-17

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
"This inclusive environment contributes to children developing friendships and a strong sense of belonging. Children are well supported while they transition into Playcentre and then on to school."

Strong sense of belonging and well-supported transitions to school evident.

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
→B
"Parents/whānau have a strong commitment to bicultural practices and incorporating te ao Māori in programmes for children. Tuakana/teina relationships are evident in practice."

Strong commitment to bicultural practices; te ao Māori incorporated; tuakana/teina evident.

Health & safety
B
"The centre support worker is guided by the regional centre support coordinator. This support helps the centre to continue to develop quality programmes for children, and sound health and safety monitoring practices."

Sound health and safety monitoring practices supported by regional coordinator.

Leadership & governance
→B
"The regional management team takes responsibility for supporting effective centre operations. They are aware of the strengths and needs of the centre and provide professional leadership to promote improvement and growth."

Regional management provides professional leadership; aware of strengths and needs; supports growth.

Source: Education Review Office review of Mt Wellington 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 computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Mt Wellington 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.

70 / 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%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
70
Leadership
15%
Grade B · below band median (n=2400)
70
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

174 Penrose Road, Mount Wellington. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Mt Wellington Playcentre a free kindergarten?
Mt Wellington Playcentre is a Playcentre service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Mt Wellington Playcentre?
30 children attend Mt Wellington Playcentre (roll year 2025).
Where is Mt Wellington Playcentre?
174 Penrose Road Mount Wellington Auckland - Maungakiekie-Tāmaki

How much will this cost you? Use our FamilyBoost + Childcare Subsidy calculator to estimate your weekly out-of-pocket after government support.

Nearby & related

Child's Time Penrose 0.3 km
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Kindercare Learning Centres - Mount Wellington (20204) 0.7 km
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Busy Bees Mount Wellington 0.8 km
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Go Bananas Childcare Mount Wellington 0.9 km
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All centres in Mount Wellington
Including the 6 others nearby
Cost of daycare in Mount Wellington
By age + FamilyBoost net
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Other Playcentre Aotearoa centres nationally

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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)
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.