Is Universal Kids a free kindergarten?

Universal Kids is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.

What's the roll at Universal Kids?

60 children attend Universal Kids (roll year 2025).

Universal Kids

Name: Universal Kids
Address: Unit A7 192 Universal Drive, Henderson, Auckland, NZ
Telephone: 09-835 1699

Education & Care

📞 09-835 1699

Unit A7 192 Universal Drive, Henderson · Auckland - Henderson-Massey

Total roll

2025

Under 2s

—

20 Hours ECE

—

MOE #

48111

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 · 2025-10-06

Source: Education Review Office review of Universal Kids dated 2025-10-06, 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).

Composite score

How this is computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Universal Kids 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.

69 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown

Curriculum

20%

Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=2425)

est

Wellbeing

20%

Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=1871)

est

Health & Safety

20%

Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)

est

Leadership

15%

Estimated from national average · below band median (n=2400)

est

Whānau Partnership

12.5%

Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)

est

Bicultural Practice

12.5%

Estimated from national average · near band median (n=2375)

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

Unit A7 192 Universal Drive, Henderson. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Universal Kids a free kindergarten?: Universal Kids is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Universal Kids?: 60 children attend Universal Kids (roll year 2025).
Where is Universal Kids?: Unit A7 192 Universal Drive Henderson Auckland - Henderson-Massey

How much will this cost you? Use our FamilyBoost + Childcare Subsidy calculator to estimate your weekly out-of-pocket after government support.

Nearby & related

Living & Learning Family Centre Henderson 0.1 km

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Kindercare Learning Centres - Lincoln 0.2 km

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Paramount Grove 0.3 km

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Babies & Buddies Early Childhood Centre 0.3 km

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All centres in Henderson

Including the 6 others nearby

Cost of daycare in Henderson

By age + FamilyBoost net

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When they start school

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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 #48111) ↗ · 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)
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)

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: 12 July 2026. See full methodology + data sources pages for licences, refresh cadences, and known gaps.