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Ashburton Montessori Preschool

Education & Care

📞 03-3080380 ✉ Email centre

176 Chalmers Avenue, Ashburton East · Ashburton District

Total roll
50
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
70037

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 · 2025-11-27

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
→B
"The service curriculum is consistent with Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum and the Montessori philosophy. It is inclusive and responsive to children as capable learners."

Curriculum aligns with Te Whāriki and Montessori; responsive to learners

Children's wellbeing
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Health & safety
↓D
"Better understanding and monitoring of the regulatory standards is required, particularly for health and safety."

Non-compliance identified; multiple health and safety standards not met

Leadership & governance
→B
"Suitable human resource processes including appraisal are in place. An ongoing self-review process is implemented."

HR processes and self-review in place; strategic systems evident

Source: Education Review Office review of Ashburton Montessori Preschool dated 2025-11-27, 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 computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Ashburton Montessori Preschool 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.

61 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2425)
70
Wellbeing
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=1871)
74
est
Health & Safety
20%
Grade D · bottom 10% of band (n=2319)
25
Leadership
15%
Grade B · below band median (n=2400)
70
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
est
Bicultural Practice
12.5%
Estimated from national average · near band median (n=2375)
64
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

176 Chalmers Avenue, Ashburton East. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Ashburton Montessori Preschool a free kindergarten?
Ashburton Montessori Preschool is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Ashburton Montessori Preschool?
50 children attend Ashburton Montessori Preschool (roll year 2025).
Where is Ashburton Montessori Preschool?
176 Chalmers Avenue Ashburton East Ashburton District

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Nearby & related

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Sources & verification

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