Whangaparaoa Playcentre
Playcentre
41 A Stanmore Bay Road, Manly West · Auckland - Hibiscus and Bays
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
"Whānau plan and implement a curriculum that is focused on children learning through play. They provide an attractive, well-resourced environment. Adults encourage children to be creative and engage in a wide variety of art, dance, and music activities. They support children to learn about literacy, mathematics science and technology concepts in meaningful ways."
Effective play-based curriculum with good resourcing and broad learning opportunities.
"Children have a strong sense of belonging in the centre. They have fun and are confident, eager learners who develop friendships with others. Children engage in cooperative play, make choices and can explore and learn at their own pace."
Strong sense of belonging, confidence, and positive social-emotional outcomes evident.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Centre members look for ways to include te ao Māori throughout the programme. They are keen to continue to strengthen their bicultural practices."
Commitment evident but identified as area for strengthening bicultural understanding and practices.
"There are good systems in place to monitor the quality of sessions, adult education levels, and health and safety requirements."
Good systems for health and safety monitoring and compliance management.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Source: Education Review Office review of Whangaparaoa 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 Whangaparaoa 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
41 A Stanmore Bay Road, Manly West. 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 Whangaparaoa Playcentre a free kindergarten?
- Whangaparaoa Playcentre is a Playcentre service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Whangaparaoa Playcentre?
- 30 children attend Whangaparaoa Playcentre (roll year 2025).
- Where is Whangaparaoa Playcentre?
- 41 A Stanmore Bay Road Manly West Auckland - Hibiscus and Bays
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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 #22057) ↗ · 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.