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Ohaupo Playcentre

Playcentre

📞 07-8471739

Forkert Road, Kaipaki · Waipa District

Total roll
30
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
33017

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

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
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Whānau partnership
→B
"Parents fully support the playcentre philosophy and this contributes to children's positive learning experiences."

Parents actively support the service and philosophy

Bicultural practice
→C
"develop a consistent approach to the use of Te Whariki the early childhood curriculum in planning and evaluation."

Next step identified to develop consistent Te Whāriki approach

Health & safety
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Leadership & governance
B
"Centre leaders have created a positive, inclusive and supportive culture. Recent changes to the leadership committee have focused on reviewing key aspects of the centre's daily operations. There is a growing understanding of self-review and which has informed new learning opportunities and a greater consistency of practice."

Positive culture established with growing self-review understanding

Source: Education Review Office review of Ohaupo 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 Ohaupo 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.

68 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=2425)
71
est
Wellbeing
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=1871)
74
est
Health & Safety
20%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
66
est
Leadership
15%
Grade B · below band median (n=2400)
70
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
Bicultural Practice
12.5%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=2375)
50

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

Forkert Road, Kaipaki. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Operator financials

Year ended2016-08-31
Total revenue$53,322
Surplus / deficit$16,193

Source: Charities Services Annual Return

Frequently asked

Is Ohaupo Playcentre a free kindergarten?
Ohaupo Playcentre is a Playcentre service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Ohaupo Playcentre?
30 children attend Ohaupo Playcentre (roll year 2025).
Where is Ohaupo Playcentre?
Forkert Road Kaipaki Waipa District

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

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Sources & verification

Every fact on this page links back to its government source. Verify directly:

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: 2016-08-31· 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.