Busy Bees Hobsonville
Education & Care
2 Workspace Drive, Hobsonville · Auckland - Upper Harbour
Our analysis of the ERO report identified strengths in curriculum, children's wellbeing, health and safety, and leadership. The service was assessed as requiring further development in whānau partnership, with non-compliance noted regarding parent consultation.
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ERO review · 2020-03-09· superseded by operator-wide review above
"Children experience a curriculum responsive to their interests and preferences that enhances their learning and development. The curriculum is based on the principles and strands of Te Whāriki."
Curriculum is responsive, interest-led, and grounded in Te Whāriki principles.
"Adults have meaningful and positive interactions with children."
Positive adult-child interactions evident; emotional safety systems in place.
"Leaders and teachers should provide parents with opportunities to contribute to review and service operations."
Non-compliance identified; service required to address parent consultation gaps.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Health and safety practices are consistently implemented."
Consistent implementation of health and safety practices across service.
"There are suitable systems and processes for governing and managing the service."
Sound governance and management systems established at service.
Source: Education Review Office review of Busy Bees Hobsonville dated 2020-03-09, 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 Hobsonville 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
2 Workspace Drive, Hobsonville. 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 Hobsonville a free kindergarten?
- Busy Bees Hobsonville is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Busy Bees Hobsonville?
- 120 children attend Busy Bees Hobsonville (roll year 2025).
- Where is Busy Bees Hobsonville?
- 2 Workspace Drive Hobsonville Auckland - Upper Harbour
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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 #47435) ↗ · 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.