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Stepping Stones Education & Care

Home-based

📞 021-311955 ✉ Email centre

63 Magma Cres, Stonefields · Auckland - Ōrākei

Stepping Stones Education & Care is a home-based service in Stonefields with a current roll of 100 children. Our analysis of the ERO report (May 2023) found the service demonstrates respect for children's cultures with alignment to Te Whāriki, and meets health and safety regulatory standards.

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

Total roll
100
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
47741

Roll breakdown

By age

By ethnicity

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

Operator

Stepping Stones

Cultural & rohe

ERO review

Akanuku · 2023-05-24

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
"Educators respect and support the right of each child to be confident in their own culture and respect others."

Respect for children's cultures demonstrated; Te Whāriki alignment noted.

Health & safety
B
"At the time of the review, ERO found the service was taking reasonable steps to meet regulatory standards."

Service meets health and safety regulatory standards as assessed.

Leadership & governance
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Source: Education Review Office review of Stepping Stones Education & Care dated 2023-05-24, 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).

Composite score

How this is computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Stepping Stones Education & Care 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%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
70
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

63 Magma Cres, Stonefields. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Stepping Stones Education & Care a free kindergarten?
Stepping Stones Education & Care is a Home-based service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Stepping Stones Education & Care?
100 children attend Stepping Stones Education & Care (roll year 2025).
Where is Stepping Stones Education & Care?
63 Magma Cres Stonefields 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)
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.