Tiny Turtles Educare
Education & Care
80 Sutton Crescent, Papakura Central · Auckland - Papakura
Tiny Turtles Educare was reviewed by the Education Review Office in November 2022. Our analysis of the ERO report identified strengths in children's wellbeing and whānau partnership, with a grade A for both. Leadership and governance was graded B, with strong professional learning and collective accountability, though internal evaluation processes could be further developed.
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
Akarangi · 2022-11-16
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Children develop a strong sense of belonging and wellbeing at the service. Infants and toddlers experience calm routines throughout the day. Kaiako are responsive to the verbal and non-verbal cues of these younger children."
Strong sense of belonging, calm routines, responsive to children's needs.
"The centre philosophy is well enacted. Kaiako demonstrate culturally responsive and respectful practices. They highly value close, trusting, and positive relationships, which has fostered learning-focused partnerships with families. Kaiako know tamariki, parents and whānau well."
Learning-focused partnerships with families; close, trusting relationships established.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Kaiako are committed to their ongoing professional learning. They actively engage in reflection, problem solving and collaborative practices to support ongoing improvements to teaching practices. Strengthening internal evaluation processes could help kaiako to deepen their insights into the effectiveness of teaching practices on improving tamariki learning outcomes. Leaders promote collective accountability and shared responsibility, using the strengths of all kaiako."
Strong professional learning and collective accountability; internal evaluation needs strengthening.
Source: Education Review Office review of Tiny Turtles Educare dated 2022-11-16, 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 2 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.
Composite score
How this is computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Tiny Turtles Educare 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.
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
80 Sutton Crescent, Papakura Central. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
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Frequently asked
- Is Tiny Turtles Educare a free kindergarten?
- Tiny Turtles Educare is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Tiny Turtles Educare?
- 55 children attend Tiny Turtles Educare (roll year 2025).
- Where is Tiny Turtles Educare?
- 80 Sutton Crescent Papakura Central Auckland - Papakura
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #46967) ↗ · 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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