Papakura Playcentre
Playcentre
15 Opaheke Road, Papakura Central · Auckland - Papakura
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 enjoy learning with and alongside their parents. This affirms their language, culture and identity."
Children affirmed in language, culture and identity through parent involvement.
"Strong links between centre and home provide continuity for children."
Strong home-centre links providing continuity for children's learning.
"Parents are supporting their children to gain an appreciation and understanding of the Māori language and culture, and the bicultural heritage of Aotearoa. They are developing a commitment to using te reo Māori in sessions, learning about and including significant events and celebrations."
Developing commitment to te reo Māori and bicultural heritage in sessions and celebrations.
"ERO identified areas of non-compliance relating to governance and management and health and safety. To meet requirements the service needs to improve its performance in the following areas: implement a system of regular appraisal for employees. develop, document and implement an annual plan secure heavy objects that might fall police vet for anyone appointed to work during normal opening hours record accidents and incidents to eliminate hazards record risk assessment for excursions."
Multiple non-compliance areas identified requiring urgent attention and improvement.
"The centre benefits from a core group of knowledgeable parent members who support and engage in parent education to promote learning opportunities for children, and to provide leadership. Experienced centre members are actively supporting new members to engage in playcentre adult education courses."
Core leadership group supporting professional learning and development of members.
Source: Education Review Office review of Papakura 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 Papakura 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
15 Opaheke Road, Papakura Central. 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 Papakura Playcentre a free kindergarten?
- Papakura Playcentre is a Playcentre service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Papakura Playcentre?
- 30 children attend Papakura Playcentre (roll year 2025).
- Where is Papakura Playcentre?
- 15 Opaheke Road Papakura Central Auckland - Papakura
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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 #25208) ↗ · CC-BY 4.0 via data.govt.nz
- ERO reviews: ERO institution page ↗ · Crown copyright (reuse permitted with attribution)
- Financials (2013-08-31): 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.