Muddy Toes ELC Warkworth
Education & Care
18 Percy Street, Warkworth East · Auckland - Rodney
Muddy Toes ELC Warkworth is an education and care service with a current roll of 50 children in Warkworth East. Our analysis of the ERO report from March 2023 found the service achieved grade B across all five dimensions: curriculum and learning, whānau partnership, bicultural practice, health and safety, and leadership and governance. The service met regulatory standards overall, though a non-compliance issue with medicines record-keeping was identified and addressed post-visit.
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 · 2023-03-28
"Children are provided with a range of experiences and opportunities to enhance and extend their learning and development."
Sound range of experiences provided; assessment for progress identified as next step.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Information and guidance is sought, when necessary, from agencies/services to enable adults providing education and care to work effectively with children and their parents."
Partnership approaches evident; responsive to guidance-seeking for families.
"They respect and support the right of each child to be confident in their own culture and encourage children to understand and respect each other."
Cultural respect and understanding promoted; limited Māori enrolment noted.
"Consistent implementation of health and safety practices is required to maintain regulatory standards."
Met regulatory standards; non-compliance on medicines record-keeping addressed post-visit.
"A head teacher leads a team of five qualified teachers and four staff."
Clear leadership structure with qualified staff; high qualification percentage (80-99%).
Source: Education Review Office review of Muddy Toes ELC Warkworth dated 2023-03-28, 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 Muddy Toes ELC Warkworth 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
18 Percy Street, Warkworth East. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
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Frequently asked
- Is Muddy Toes ELC Warkworth a free kindergarten?
- Muddy Toes ELC Warkworth is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Muddy Toes ELC Warkworth?
- 50 children attend Muddy Toes ELC Warkworth (roll year 2025).
- Where is Muddy Toes ELC Warkworth?
- 18 Percy Street Warkworth East Auckland - Rodney
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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 #20509) ↗ · 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.