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Best by SchoolsNearMe composite (v1) — Auckland top-30

Centres ranked by the v1 composite score — a weighted average of all six ERO dimensions (curriculum 20% · wellbeing 20% · health & safety 20% · leadership 15% · whānau partnership 12.5% · bicultural practice 12.5%) on a 0–100 absolute scale. Centres missing a dimension get the national mean for that dimension as a flagged synthetic placeholder.

1,406 centres eligible in Auckland. Source: Education Review Office, licensed CC-BY 4.0.

1

Lollipops Millennium

Ellerslie · Auckland · Education And Care

C A W A Wh A B B H A L A ERO: Not well placed

Roll 85
2

BestStart Johnstones Road Kindy

Otara · Auckland · Education And Care

C A W A Wh A B B H A L A ERO: Not well placed

Roll 80
3

BestStart Dannemora

East Tamaki · Auckland · Education And Care

C A W A Wh A B A H B L A ERO: Not well placed

Roll 105
4

Rainbow Bears Preschool

Henderson · Auckland · Education And Care

C A W A Wh A B A H A L ERO: Not well placed

Roll 50
5

Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Tīmatatanga

Manurewa · Auckland · Kohanga Reo

C A W A Wh A B A H A L

Roll 48
6

Oratia Kindergarten

Oratia · Auckland · Kindergarten

C A W A Wh A B A H B L A ERO: Not well placed

Roll 40
7

Remuera Kindergarten

Remuera · Auckland · Kindergarten

C A W A Wh A B A H B L A ERO: Not well placed

Roll 40
8

Anchorage Park Kindergarten

Pakuranga · Auckland · Kindergarten

C A W A Wh A B A H L A ERO: Not well placed

Roll 40
9

Playhouse Early Childhood Centre

Green Bay · Auckland · Education And Care

C A W A Wh A B B H A L ERO: Not well placed

Roll 49
10

Dannemora Kindergarten

Dannemora · Auckland · Kindergarten

C A W A Wh B A H B L A ERO: Not well placed

Roll 40
11

Pakuranga Baptist Kindergarten

Pakuranga · Auckland · Education And Care

C A W A Wh A B B H B L A ERO: Not well placed

Roll 40
12

Glendowie Montessori Preschool

Glendowie · Auckland · Education And Care

C A W A Wh B A H B L A

Roll 37
13

Titirangi Playcentre

Titirangi · Auckland · Playcentre

C A W A Wh A B B H B L A ERO: Not well placed

Roll 30
14

Tomarata Playcentre

Cape Rodney · Auckland · Playcentre

C A W Wh A B H A L A ERO: Not well placed

Roll 30
15

Active Explorers Highbrook

East Tamaki · Auckland · Education And Care

C A W A Wh A B H B L A ERO: Not well placed

Roll 150
16

Busy Bees Apollo

Rosedale · Auckland · Education And Care

C A W A Wh A B B H L A ERO: Not well placed

Roll 100
17

Kids Domain Early Learning Centre

Grafton · Auckland · Education And Care

C A W A Wh B B A H L A ERO: Not well placed

Roll 100
18

New Shoots Children's Centre - Whenuapai

Whenuapai · Auckland · Education And Care

C A W A Wh A B H B L A

Roll 90
19

Grey Lynn Montessori by Busy Bees

Grey Lynn · Auckland · Education And Care

C A W A Wh A B B H L A ERO: Not well placed

Roll 50
20

Oma Rāpeti Early Learning Centre

Freemans Bay · Auckland · Education And Care

C A W A Wh A B B H L A

Roll 50
21

Ellerslie Kindergarten

Ellerslie · Auckland · Kindergarten

C A W A Wh A B H B L A ERO: Not well placed

Roll 40
22

Birkenhead Playcentre

Birkenhead · Auckland · Playcentre

C A W A Wh B A H L A ERO: Not well placed

Roll 30
23

Eden/Epsom Playcentre

Mount Eden · Auckland · Playcentre

C A W A Wh A B B H L A ERO: Not well placed

Roll 30
24

The Learning Lane

Henderson · Auckland · Education And Care

C A W A Wh B A H L A

Roll 25
25

Kindercare Learning Centres (Milford)

Milford · Auckland · Education And Care

C A W A Wh A B H L A ERO: Not well placed

Roll 50
26

Oaktree Kindergarten

Browns Bay · Auckland · Kindergarten

C A W A Wh A B A H L B ERO: Not well placed

Roll 40
27

Morningside Playcentre

Western Springs · Auckland · Playcentre

C A W A Wh A B H L A ERO: Not well placed

Roll 29
28

BestStart Wattle Downs

Manurewa · Auckland · Education And Care

C B W A Wh A B A H L A ERO: Not well placed

Roll 70
29

Epsom South Kindergarten

Epsom · Auckland · Kindergarten

C A W A Wh B B H B L A ERO: Not well placed

Roll 43
30

KINZ Sandringham Early Learning Centre

Sandringham · Auckland · Education And Care

C A W Wh B H A L A ERO: Not well placed

Roll 40

Showing top 30 of 1,406 eligible centres in Auckland. Per-centre pages link to the source ERO review with full attribution.

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