Whenuapai Kindergarten
Kindergarten
16 Airport Road, Whenuapai · Auckland - Upper Harbour
ERO assessed Whenuapai Kindergarten as Not well placed in 2016. Our analysis of the ERO report found the service graded B across all four dimensions: Curriculum & learning, Children's wellbeing, Health & safety, and Leadership & governance. The report identified areas for improvement in internal evaluation processes.
AI-generated summary of this centre's ERO review data — verify against the ERO report below. How summaries are generated.
Roll breakdown
By age
By ethnicity
Note: a child may be counted under multiple ethnicities (total may exceed roll).
Operator
Auckland Kindergarten Association Cultural & rohe
ERO operator-wide review
Governing Organisation Evaluation · 2025-06-10 · covers the wider operator group
ERO's most recent review for this centre is an operator-wide review — ERO has chosen to review the parent group rather than this centre individually. The findings apply across all centres in the group.
Source: Education Review Office operator-wide review dated 2025-06-10, licensed CC-BY 4.0.
Earlier individual centre review
ERO review · 2016-12-14· superseded by operator-wide review above
"Children benefit from a curriculum that allows them to participate in all aspects of Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum. They are encouraged to investigate and to be creative."
Te Whāriki implementation evident; investigation and creativity encouraged; next steps identified.
"Staff have created a welcoming and inclusive culture at the kindergarten for children and their whānau. Interactions are caring and teachers respond to children with respect, valuing their contributions to conversations."
Welcoming culture, caring interactions, respect demonstrated; resilience support evident.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Legal compliance confirmed; systems for physical/emotional safety established and reviewed.
"The kindergarten is well led and managed. Staff work well as a team. The changes resulting from roll growth and the relocation and renovations have been well managed."
Strong strategic planning, professional development supported; internal evaluation to be strengthened.
Source: Education Review Office review of Whenuapai Kindergarten dated 2016-12-14, 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 2 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.
Composite score
How this is computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Whenuapai Kindergarten 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
16 Airport Road, Whenuapai. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Whenuapai Kindergarten a free kindergarten?
- Whenuapai Kindergarten is a Free Kindergarten. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds — you may also be eligible for FamilyBoost and Childcare Subsidy.
- What's the roll at Whenuapai Kindergarten?
- 40 children attend Whenuapai Kindergarten (roll year 2025).
- Where is Whenuapai Kindergarten?
- 16 Airport Road Whenuapai Auckland - Upper Harbour
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #5105) ↗ · 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)
- 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
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