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The Learning Ladder

Education & Care

📞 09-534 3567 ✉ Email centre

169 Moore Street, Howick · Auckland - Howick

The Learning Ladder is an education and care service in Howick with a roll of 50 children. Our analysis of the ERO report identifies strengths in curriculum and health & safety (both grade B), though curriculum assessment documentation could be strengthened and health & safety non-compliances from a previous review have been addressed. Leadership & governance was graded C, with ERO noting the need for improved monitoring of operational systems.

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

Total roll
50
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
45905

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

Akanuku · 2023-10-10

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
→B
"The service curriculum is inclusive, and responsive to children as confident and competent learners."

Curriculum is inclusive and responsive; assessment documentation needs strengthening.

Children's wellbeing
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Health & safety
→B
"Since the onsite visit, the service has provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed non-compliances and is now taking reasonable steps to meet regulatory standards."

Previously identified non-compliances addressed; regulatory standards met post-review.

Leadership & governance
↓C
"Leaders need to monitor the implementation of operational systems and processes to maintain regulatory standards."

Leadership identified need for improved monitoring of operational systems.

Source: Education Review Office review of The Learning Ladder dated 2023-10-10, 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 The Learning Ladder 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.

67 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2425)
70
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%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=2400)
50
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

169 Moore Street, Howick. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is The Learning Ladder a free kindergarten?
The Learning Ladder is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at The Learning Ladder?
50 children attend The Learning Ladder (roll year 2025).
Where is The Learning Ladder?
169 Moore Street Howick Auckland - Howick

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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.