Titirangi Playcentre
Playcentre
500 South Titirangi Road, Titirangi · Auckland - Waitākere Ranges
Roll breakdown
By age
By ethnicity
Note: a child may be counted under multiple ethnicities (total may exceed roll).
Operator
Playcentre Aotearoa Cultural & rohe
ERO review
Education Review · 2025-07-17
"Parents/whānau plan programmes for children that promote children's dispositions for learning and respond very effectively to their interests, strengths and identified next learning steps."
Responsive planning effectively promotes learning dispositions and interests.
"Children enjoy a wide variety of learning experiences that encourage them to be confident inquirers and physically active. They participate in meaningful, sustained and purposeful play and are happy and confident."
Children demonstrate confidence, happiness, and engaged purposeful play.
"Systems, processes and regular open communication support members to implement high quality practices."
Strong systems and regular communication support member engagement.
"Adults and children use te reo and tikanga Māori well in sessions. Parents/whānau are continuing to build their knowledge, capability and confidence in bicultural practices."
Good current practice with ongoing development of bicultural knowledge.
"Reported ratios of staff to children Under 2 1:3 Meets minimum requirements Over 2 1:5 Meets minimum requirements"
Ratios meet minimum legal requirements.
"There is a culture of regular internal evaluation that is well embedded and promotes a thoughtful approach to new developments and problem solving."
Embedded culture of regular evaluation supporting strategic development.
Source: Education Review Office review of Titirangi Playcentre dated 2025-07-17, 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 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
500 South Titirangi Road, Titirangi. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Operator financials
Source: Charities Services Annual Return
Frequently asked
- Is Titirangi Playcentre a free kindergarten?
- Titirangi Playcentre is a Playcentre service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Titirangi Playcentre?
- 30 children attend Titirangi Playcentre (roll year 2025).
- Where is Titirangi Playcentre?
- 500 South Titirangi Road Titirangi Auckland - Waitākere Ranges
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Sources & verification
Every fact on this page links back to its government source. Verify directly:
- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #22032) ↗ · CC-BY 4.0 via data.govt.nz
- ERO reviews: ERO institution page ↗ · Crown copyright (reuse permitted with attribution)
- Financials (2018-08-31): Charities Services Annual Return ↗ · CC-BY 4.0 via charities.govt.nz
- 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
Last build refresh: . See full methodology + data sources pages for licences, refresh cadences, and known gaps.