Busy Bees Apollo
Education & Care
56 Apollo Drive, Rosedale · Auckland - Upper Harbour
ERO assessed Busy Bees Apollo as Not well placed in November 2018. Our analysis of the ERO report found strong performance in curriculum and learning, children's wellbeing, whānau partnership, and leadership and governance, with bicultural practice graded as developing further in te reo Māori practices.
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
Busy Bees Cultural & rohe
ERO operator-wide review
Education Review · 2023-09-20 · 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 2023-09-20, licensed CC-BY 4.0.
Earlier individual centre review
ERO Review · 2018-11-13· superseded by operator-wide review above
"Teachers provide a high-quality curriculum that is well designed and responsive to individual children's interests, strengths and abilities."
Highly effective, well-designed, responsive curriculum aligned to Te Whāriki principles.
"Children are confident and capable learners. They have a strong sense of belonging and ownership of their environment. Children settle quickly when arriving for their day and are very well supported by teachers."
Strong sense of belonging, quick settling, excellent teacher support, nurturing interactions.
"Teachers' relationships with children and whānau are respectful and responsive. They value and make time for the contribution that whānau can make to children's learning."
Respectful, responsive partnerships; whānau contributions valued and prioritised.
"Te ao Māori is reflected well in the programme and environment. Teachers empower children to use te reo Māori and their own culture and identity as part of their learning."
Well-reflected te ao Māori; identified next step to further develop te reo Māori practices.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Centre leadership is highly effective. The centre manager promotes a collaborative and inclusive culture that supports high levels of trust and professionalism amongst staff. The centre is well governed."
Highly effective leadership, collaborative culture, strong governance, effective internal evaluation.
Source: Education Review Office review of Busy Bees Apollo dated 2018-11-13, 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).
Composite score
How this is computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Busy Bees Apollo 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
56 Apollo Drive, Rosedale. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Busy Bees Apollo a free kindergarten?
- Busy Bees Apollo is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Busy Bees Apollo?
- 100 children attend Busy Bees Apollo (roll year 2025).
- Where is Busy Bees Apollo?
- 56 Apollo Drive Rosedale Auckland - Upper Harbour
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Nearby & related
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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 #47082) ↗ · 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
Last build refresh: . See full methodology + data sources pages for licences, refresh cadences, and known gaps.