Busy Bees Featherston Street Tuakana
Education & Care
617 Featherston Street, Roslyn · Palmerston North City
Our analysis of the ERO report identified emerging curriculum and assessment practices, with inconsistent implementation across the centre. Bicultural practice and leadership practices were also graded as emerging, with leaders recognising the need to strengthen te reo and tikanga visibility and to develop internal evaluation processes. Health and safety practices were graded as established, with a previously non-compliant issue now resolved.
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Roll breakdown
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By ethnicity
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Operator
Busy Bees Cultural & rohe
ERO review
Akarangi · 2023-06-23
"The use of the organisation-wide assessment, planning and evaluation system is variable and in the beginning stages of implementation."
Assessment system implementation inconsistent and emerging across centre.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Leaders have identified that, particularly for Māori and Pacific children, seeing and hearing more of their own language and culture is required to enhance learning."
Leaders recognise need to increase te reo and tikanga visibility for Māori/Pacific learners.
"Since the onsite visit, the service has provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed the following non-compliance: When children leave the premises on an excursion, sufficient assessment and management of risk is undertaken and ratios determined accordingly (HS17)."
Previously non-compliant issue resolved; assurance statement completed.
"The teaching team is at the early stages of implementing collaborative, centre-wide, internal evaluation. Organisational leaders are yet to use evaluation findings to understand progress toward strategic priorities."
Internal evaluation emerging; leaders not yet using findings to monitor strategic progress.
Source: Education Review Office review of Busy Bees Featherston Street Tuakana dated 2023-06-23, 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 Busy Bees Featherston Street Tuakana 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
617 Featherston Street, Roslyn. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
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Frequently asked
- Is Busy Bees Featherston Street Tuakana a free kindergarten?
- Busy Bees Featherston Street Tuakana is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Busy Bees Featherston Street Tuakana?
- 75 children attend Busy Bees Featherston Street Tuakana (roll year 2025).
- Where is Busy Bees Featherston Street Tuakana?
- 617 Featherston Street Roslyn Palmerston North City
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #47739) ↗ · 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
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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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