Okara Educare
Education & Care
17 Jellicoe Street, Morningside · Whangarei District
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 · 2025-12-09
"Programme planning is based on teachers' observations of children's interests. Teachers include parent aspirations, as well as children's inquiries and self-identified learning goals, when considering learning outcomes."
Sound practice with observation-based planning; development opportunity in recording and evaluation.
"Children settle easily into their play. They have easy access to a wide range of resources and the freedom to explore. Children engage confidently with adults, trusting them to respond to their requests and ideas. They have a good sense of belonging in the centre environment."
Strong sense of belonging, secure attachments, positive transitions, inclusive environment.
"Teachers include parent aspirations, as well as children's inquiries and self-identified learning goals, when considering learning outcomes."
Parent aspirations incorporated into learning; communication evident but evaluation recording needed.
"Te reo Māori is very visible in the centre's environment and documentation. Māori values that are included in the service's philosophy are lived and understood by the teaching team. Children and teachers enjoy weekly visits from a kapa haka group. Teachers would like to continue deepening their knowledge of te reo and te ao Māori."
Visible te reo, embedded Māori values, kapa haka visits; ongoing professional learning needed.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Source: Education Review Office review of Okara Educare dated 2025-12-09, 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 Okara 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.
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
17 Jellicoe Street, Morningside. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Okara Educare a free kindergarten?
- Okara Educare is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Okara Educare?
- 70 children attend Okara Educare (roll year 2025).
- Where is Okara Educare?
- 17 Jellicoe Street Morningside Whangarei District
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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 #45829) ↗ · 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.