The Learning Grove Educare Centre
Education & Care
48 Buckland Road, Mangere East · Auckland - Ōtara-Papatoetoe
ERO assessed The Learning Grove Educare Centre as Not well placed in December 2016. Our analysis of the ERO report identified strengths in children's wellbeing, whānau partnership, and health and safety (all grade B), while curriculum and learning, bicultural practice, and leadership and governance were graded C and identified as areas requiring development.
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
ERO Review · 2016-12-07
This review predates ERO's current 4-point placement scale (introduced 2020). The overall judgement is omitted; the per-dimension grades below are extracted from the review prose and remain comparable.
"Teachers could now more deliberately focus on deepening children's learning through their individual interests and the cultural knowledge they bring to the centre."
Teaching practices developing but need more intentional focus on deepening learning.
"Children are happy and settled in the centre. They have positive relationships with teachers and many are developing friendships with their peers."
Children settled, secure relationships evident, positive peer interactions developing.
"Parents and whānau are encouraged to be partners in their children's learning and to share their aspirations with teachers."
Partnership approach established; families encouraged to participate in learning.
"Children benefit from opportunities to learn about their bicultural heritage and many can competently cite a brief pepeha."
Bicultural opportunities present but identified as area needing strengthening in te reo and tikanga.
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Legal requirements met; physical and emotional safety systems in place.
"The centre manager provides sound leadership for staff. She has created long term strategic and annual plans to guide centre development, begun staff appraisals and initiated internal evaluation processes."
Systems developing; strategic plans initiated but require strengthening and streamlining.
Source: Education Review Office review of The Learning Grove Educare Centre dated 2016-12-07, 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 computedThe 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
48 Buckland Road, Mangere East. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is The Learning Grove Educare Centre a free kindergarten?
- The Learning Grove Educare Centre is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at The Learning Grove Educare Centre?
- 39 children attend The Learning Grove Educare Centre (roll year 2025).
- Where is The Learning Grove Educare Centre?
- 48 Buckland Road Mangere East Auckland - Ōtara-Papatoetoe
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #45911) ↗ · 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
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