Precious Years Learning Centre
Education & Care
213 Eskdale Road, Birkenhead · Auckland - Kaipātiki
Precious Years Learning Centre is an education and care service in Birkenhead with a current roll of 44 children. Our analysis of the ERO report (August 2023) identified areas for improvement: whānau partnership and parent engagement need strengthening, bicultural practice requires greater depth beyond current aspects, and leadership and governance processes need re-establishment. Health and safety systems were assessed as meeting legal requirements, with previously identified non-compliance addressed.
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
Akarangi · 2023-08-28
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Strengthen learning-focused partnerships by providing parents and children with opportunities to contribute to curriculum planning."
Parent engagement needs strengthening; identified as improvement action required.
"Aspects of tikanga Māori are integrated into the curriculum and environment."
Tikanga integration present but described as aspects only; limited evidence of depth.
"During the review, the service provided ERO with evidence that shows the following non-compliance had been addressed: Maintaining a record of all safety checks of staff and the results (GMA7A)."
Previously identified non-compliance addressed; systems meet legal requirements.
"Internal evaluation practices need to be re-established. Leaders agree that it is timely to focus on helping the team to use internal evaluation processes as a way to improve what is happening for children."
Internal evaluation processes need re-establishment; improvement identified as key priority.
Source: Education Review Office review of Precious Years Learning Centre dated 2023-08-28, 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 2 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.
Composite score
How this is computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Precious Years Learning 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.
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
213 Eskdale Road, Birkenhead. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Precious Years Learning Centre a free kindergarten?
- Precious Years Learning Centre is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Precious Years Learning Centre?
- 44 children attend Precious Years Learning Centre (roll year 2025).
- Where is Precious Years Learning Centre?
- 213 Eskdale Road Birkenhead Auckland - Kaipātiki
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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 #47179) ↗ · 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.