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Small Miracles Pre-School

Education & Care

100 St Heliers Bay Road, St Heliers · Auckland - Ōrākei

Small Miracles Pre-School is an education and care service in St Heliers with a current roll of 33 children. Our analysis of the 2021 ERO report identified bicultural practice as a strength, with te reo Māori integration evident and mana whenua acknowledged through marae connection and tikanga respect.

AI-generated summary of this centre's ERO review data — verify against the ERO report below. How summaries are generated.

Total roll
33
2025
Under 2s
20 Hours ECE
MOE #
20536

Roll breakdown

By age

By ethnicity

Note: a child may be counted under multiple ethnicities (total may exceed roll).

Operator

Standalone

Cultural & rohe

ERO operator-wide review

Akarangi · 2025-06-10 · covers the wider operator group

ERO's most recent review for this centre is an operator-wide review — ERO has chosen to review the parent group rather than this centre individually. The findings apply across all centres in the group.

Source: Education Review Office operator-wide review dated 2025-06-10, licensed CC-BY 4.0.

Earlier individual centre review

Akarangi · 2021-10-05· superseded by operator-wide review above

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

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
B
"Teachers acknowledge Māori as tangata whenua through their reconnection with the local marae and their respect for tikanga Māori values. The promotion and integration of te reo Māori is modelled by teachers and spoken by children."

Te reo Māori integration evident; mana whenua acknowledged through marae connection and tikanga respect.

Health & safety

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Leadership & governance

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Source: Education Review Office review of Small Miracles Pre-School dated 2021-10-05, 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 Small Miracles Pre-School 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.

70 / 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%
Estimated from national average · below band median (n=2400)
66
est
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
est
Bicultural Practice
12.5%
Grade B · near band median (n=2375)
70

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

100 St Heliers Bay Road, St Heliers. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Small Miracles Pre-School a free kindergarten?
Small Miracles Pre-School is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Small Miracles Pre-School?
33 children attend Small Miracles Pre-School (roll year 2025).
Where is Small Miracles Pre-School?
100 St Heliers Bay Road St Heliers Auckland - Ōrākei

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Sources & verification

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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

As of: Roll year 2025· Refresh: Nightly source · re-pulled on every deploy

Annual financial returns (community-based + umbrella orgs)

As of: 545 centres covered· Refresh: Annual filings · re-ingested with each refresh

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

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.