Totara Park Playcentre
Playcentre
128 California Drive, Upper Hutt CBD · Upper Hutt City
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
"Child-led learning is very well supported in a calm, engaging learning environment. Older and younger children are empowered to make choices and work together. Adults play responsively alongside children and use deliberate strategies to challenge them and extend their thinking, oral language and friendships."
Strong child-led learning and responsive teaching, but assessment and Te Whāriki focus need strengthening.
"Families demonstrate a strong sense of belonging. Members take collective responsibility for the learning and wellbeing of all children and know them well. The playcentre's community-focused philosophy is clearly evident in practice."
Strong belonging and community philosophy evident; children's social-emotional outcomes well supported.
"Families demonstrate a strong sense of belonging. Members take collective responsibility for the learning and wellbeing of all children and know them well."
Strong family engagement and collective responsibility; communication and partnership well established.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"ERO identified areas of non-compliance related to health and safety. To meet requirements, the service should ensure that: all equipment that could fall or topple and cause serious injury or damage are secured the written emergency plan is reviewed on at least an annual basis."
Non-compliance identified with equipment securing and emergency plan review requirements.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Source: Education Review Office review of Totara Park 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 computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Totara Park Playcentre 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
128 California Drive, Upper Hutt CBD. 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 Totara Park Playcentre a free kindergarten?
- Totara Park Playcentre is a Playcentre service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Totara Park Playcentre?
- 30 children attend Totara Park Playcentre (roll year 2025).
- Where is Totara Park Playcentre?
- 128 California Drive Upper Hutt CBD Upper Hutt City
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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 #60025) ↗ · CC-BY 4.0 via data.govt.nz
- ERO reviews: ERO institution page ↗ · Crown copyright (reuse permitted with attribution)
- Financials (2016-08-31): 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.