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Pokeno Child Care Centre

Education & Care

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17 Pokeno Road, Pōkeno North · Waikato District

Total roll
60
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
47555

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

Akarangi · 2024-10-07

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
B
"The service curriculum is planned to provide children with a range of resources, experiences and opportunities to enhance their learning and development in a range of indoor and outdoor settings. Each child has an individual learning plan aligned to their interests and needs."

Curriculum planned with resources and individual learning plans aligned to interests.

Children's wellbeing
B
"Positive steps are taken to respect and acknowledge the aspirations held by parents and whānau for their children."

Service respects and acknowledges parental and whānau aspirations for children.

Whānau partnership
B
"Positive steps are taken to respect and acknowledge the aspirations held by parents and whānau for their children."

Service acknowledges and respects parent and whānau aspirations for children.

Bicultural practice
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Health & safety
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Leadership & governance
B
"The philosophy has been recently reviewed. It expresses the service's beliefs, values and attitudes about the provision of early childhood education. The philosophy, along with the annual and strategic plan, guide the operation of the service."

Philosophy and strategic plans reviewed and guide service operations.

Source: Education Review Office review of Pokeno Child Care Centre dated 2024-10-07, 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 2 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.

Composite score

How this is computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Pokeno Child Care Centre 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%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2425)
70
Wellbeing
20%
Grade B · bottom 10% of band (n=1871)
70
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%
Estimated from national average · near band median (n=2375)
64
est

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 Pokeno Road, Pōkeno North. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Pokeno Child Care Centre a free kindergarten?
Pokeno Child Care Centre is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Pokeno Child Care Centre?
60 children attend Pokeno Child Care Centre (roll year 2025).
Where is Pokeno Child Care Centre?
17 Pokeno Road Pōkeno North Waikato District

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Sources & verification

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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.