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Tiny Stars

Education & Care

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208 A Preston Road, East Tamaki · Auckland - Ōtara-Papatoetoe

Tiny Stars received an Akarangi review from ERO in July 2024. Our analysis of the ERO report shows strong performance in children's wellbeing, with developing systems in curriculum and learning, and health and safety. Leadership and governance is in early implementation, reflecting recent leadership changes.

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 #
10260

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 · 2024-07-08

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
→B
"They are beginning to align learning experiences with the learning outcomes of Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum."

Teachers evaluating learning regularly, beginning Te Whāriki alignment

Children's wellbeing
A
"Infants and toddler benefit from calm, unhurried, responsive care with teachers. As a result, children have a strong sense of belonging."

Strong sense of belonging, calm responsive care, inclusive curriculum

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Health & safety
↑B
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."

Legal compliance confirmed through assurance statement and self-audit

Leadership & governance
↑C
"A new framework of professional growth cycles and internal evaluation is in place and is at an early stage of implementation. Internal evaluations are yet to show the impact of change on outcomes for children. All centre leaders are new to leadership positions while staff are long serving."

New systems establishing, early implementation stage, new leaders

Source: Education Review Office review of Tiny Stars dated 2024-07-08, 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 Tiny Stars 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%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2425)
70
Wellbeing
20%
Grade A · top quartile of band (n=1871)
90
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

208 A Preston Road, East Tamaki. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Tiny Stars a free kindergarten?
Tiny Stars is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Tiny Stars?
100 children attend Tiny Stars (roll year 2025).
Where is Tiny Stars?
208 A Preston Road East Tamaki Auckland - Ōtara-Papatoetoe

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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.