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Stems From Home

Home-based

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93A Beach Road, Mellons Bay, Howick · Auckland - Howick

Stems From Home is a home-based service in Howick, Auckland. Our analysis of the ERO report identified strong performance in children's wellbeing, with consistent support for social-emotional development. The service showed developing curriculum practices and leadership systems, with areas for further development in assessment integration and impact monitoring.

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

Total roll
80
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
45617

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 · 2024-02-16

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
↓B
"Learning advisors use learning dispositions in narrative assessments. However, they are yet to fully incorporate the learning outcomes from Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum into assessment documentation."

Assessment practices developing; Te Whāriki outcomes not fully integrated.

Children's wellbeing
→A
"Children are very well supported to develop their increasing social and emotional competence through gentle guidance and intentional teaching strategies."

Consistent, intentional support for social-emotional development demonstrated.

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Health & safety
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Leadership & governance
↓B
"Leaders and learning advisors are embedding the organisational conditions that enable collaboration for improvement. Leaders use a systematic approach to internal evaluation."

Systematic internal evaluation; further development needed in monitoring impacts.

Source: Education Review Office review of Stems From Home dated 2024-02-16, 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 computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Stems From Home 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.

72 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2425)
70
Wellbeing
20%
Grade A · top quartile of band (n=1871)
90
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%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
est
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

93A Beach Road, Mellons Bay, Howick. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Stems From Home a free kindergarten?
Stems From Home is a Home-based service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Stems From Home?
80 children attend Stems From Home (roll year 2025).
Where is Stems From Home?
93A Beach Road, Mellons Bay Howick Auckland - Howick

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Nearby & related

Uxbridge Early Learning Centre 0.4 km
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The Childrens Corner Howick 0.6 km
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Howick Baptist Church Kindergarten 0.8 km
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Cockle Bay Early Learning Centre 0.8 km
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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.