Waiatarua Playcentre
Playcentre
911 West Coast Road, Waiatarua · 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
"develop collaborative approaches for assessing, planning and evaluating the curriculum provided for children"
Assessment and planning approaches need collaborative development.
"Children are settled and demonstrate a sense of belonging at the centre. They confidently make decisions about their play."
Children settled with sense of belonging and confident decision-making.
"Parents/whānau are positive and responsive to children's ideas and requests. They support play through resources and conversations that prompt children's exploration."
Parents actively responsive and supportive of children's play and learning.
"begin to include te reo and tikanga Māori, to reflect the bicultural heritage of Aotearoa New Zealand"
Te reo and tikanga integration identified as next step for development.
"ERO identified areas of non-compliance relating to health and safety. Centre members should ensure that: medication records include evidence of parent acknowledgment that medication was administered."
Non-compliance identified in medication record documentation.
"A distributed leadership model involves centre members taking on roles and responsibilities that contribute to centre operations. There is a strong culture of inclusion and support amongst members. Strategic and annual plans guide the centre's future direction."
Distributed leadership model with strong inclusion culture and strategic planning.
Source: Education Review Office review of Waiatarua 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
911 West Coast Road, Waiatarua. 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 Waiatarua Playcentre a free kindergarten?
- Waiatarua Playcentre is a Playcentre service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Waiatarua Playcentre?
- 30 children attend Waiatarua Playcentre (roll year 2025).
- Where is Waiatarua Playcentre?
- 911 West Coast Road Waiatarua 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 #22013) ↗ · 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.