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Busy Bees Dinsdale

Education & Care

30 Tuhikaramea Road, Dinsdale · Hamilton City

Busy Bees Dinsdale is an education and care service in Hamilton with a current roll of 95 children. Our analysis of the ERO report from September 2023 shows B grades across all five dimensions: children's wellbeing, whānau partnership, bicultural practice, health and safety, and leadership and governance. The centre has positive adult-child relationships in place, meets regulatory standards, and is developing its bicultural learning practice.

AI-generated summary of this centre's ERO review data — verify against the ERO report below. How summaries are generated.

Total roll
95
2025
Under 2s
20 Hours ECE
MOE #
48069

Roll breakdown

By age

By ethnicity

Note: a child may be counted under multiple ethnicities (total may exceed roll).

Operator

Busy Bees logo Busy Bees

Cultural & rohe

ERO review

Akanuku · 2023-09-26

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Children's wellbeing
B
"Adults providing education and care engage in positive, meaningful interactions and nurture reciprocal relationships with children."

Positive adult-child relationships and interactions evident; wellbeing support well-established.

Whānau partnership
B
"Positive steps are in place to respect and acknowledge the aspirations held by parents and whānau for their children."

Positive steps in place to respect and acknowledge whānau aspirations for their children.

Bicultural practice
B
"The unique place of Māori as tangata whenua is acknowledged, and children are developing knowledge and understanding of the cultural heritages for both parties to Te Tiriti o Waitangi."

Tangata whenua acknowledged; bicultural learning developing; opportunity to deepen cultural reflection in planning.

Health & safety
B
"Health and safety Meeting"

Regulatory standards for health and safety being met at time of review.

Leadership & governance
B
"Little Learners Dinsdale Limited is a new, privately owned service co-owned by two qualified teachers, responsible for governance and leadership."

Leadership provided by qualified teachers; new service with clear governance structure.

Source: Education Review Office review of Busy Bees Dinsdale dated 2023-09-26, 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 computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Busy Bees Dinsdale 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.

70 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=2425)
71
est
Wellbeing
20%
Grade B · bottom 10% of band (n=1871)
70
Health & Safety
20%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
70
Leadership
15%
Grade B · below band median (n=2400)
70
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
Bicultural Practice
12.5%
Grade B · near band median (n=2375)
70

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

30 Tuhikaramea Road, Dinsdale. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Busy Bees Dinsdale a free kindergarten?
Busy Bees Dinsdale is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Busy Bees Dinsdale?
95 children attend Busy Bees Dinsdale (roll year 2025).
Where is Busy Bees Dinsdale?
30 Tuhikaramea Road Dinsdale Hamilton City

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Sources & verification

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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

As of: Roll year 2025· Refresh: Nightly source · re-pulled on every deploy

Annual financial returns (community-based + umbrella orgs)

As of: 545 centres covered· Refresh: Annual filings · re-ingested with each refresh

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

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.