Busy Bees McGarvey Road 2
Education & Care
101 McGarvey Road, Whakatāne Central · Whakatane District
ERO assessed this service as Not well placed in their April 2018 review. Our analysis of the ERO report found curriculum and learning practices graded B, with effective intentional teaching and integrated learning evident. Health and safety and leadership and governance were also graded B, with ratios meeting or exceeding requirements and effective leadership with strengthened internal evaluation systems in place.
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ERO review · 2018-04-10· superseded by operator-wide review above
"Intentional teaching strategies promote children's language and social competencies. Literacy, mathematics and concepts about the natural world are interwoven through play."
Effective intentional teaching and integrated learning evident; assessment practices strengthened.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Reported ratios of staff to children Under 2 1:5 Meets minimum requirements Over 2 1:6 Better than minimum requirements"
Ratios meet or exceed requirements; legal compliance confirmed through assurance statement.
"The centre has effective professional leadership. Internal evaluation practice builds capacity within the service to promote and sustain positive outcomes for children. A new appraisal process has been implemented and assessment has been strengthened."
Effective leadership with strengthened internal evaluation; professional learning and appraisal systems implemented.
Source: Education Review Office review of Busy Bees McGarvey Road 2 dated 2018-04-10, 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 McGarvey Road 2 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
101 McGarvey Road, Whakatāne Central. 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 McGarvey Road 2 a free kindergarten?
- Busy Bees McGarvey Road 2 is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Busy Bees McGarvey Road 2?
- 50 children attend Busy Bees McGarvey Road 2 (roll year 2025).
- Where is Busy Bees McGarvey Road 2?
- 101 McGarvey Road Whakatāne Central Whakatane District
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #45305) ↗ · 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
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