Busy Bees Hamilton East
Education & Care
48 Peachgrove Rd, Hamilton East · Hamilton City
Busy Bees Hamilton East is an education and care service with 110 children. Our analysis of the ERO report found strengths in curriculum for older children and nurturing relationships, graded B in both areas. Health and safety was graded C, with the report identifying non-compliance with emergency drill requirements and gaps in policy establishment.
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
Akarangi · 2023-08-15· superseded by operator-wide review above
"Children over three experience a curriculum that promotes critical thought, wondering and creativity. The learning environment supports them to explore and be fully involved in a wide variety of learning."
Strong curriculum for over-3s; infants/toddlers developing; Te Whāriki understanding variable.
"Infants and toddlers experience a curriculum that responds to their physical and emotional wellbeing. Deliberate decisions around staffing enable teachers to develop nurturing relationships with children."
Nurturing relationships and responsive care; some inconsistencies in philosophy implementation.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"ERO identified the following area of non-compliance: ensuring adults providing education and care are familiar with relevant emergency drills, and carry out each type of drill with children on at least a three-monthly basis."
Non-compliance identified with emergency drill requirements; policies not well established.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Source: Education Review Office review of Busy Bees Hamilton East dated 2023-08-15, 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 Hamilton East 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
48 Peachgrove Rd, Hamilton East. 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 Hamilton East a free kindergarten?
- Busy Bees Hamilton East is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Busy Bees Hamilton East?
- 110 children attend Busy Bees Hamilton East (roll year 2025).
- Where is Busy Bees Hamilton East?
- 48 Peachgrove Rd Hamilton East Hamilton City
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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 #47802) ↗ · 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.