Busy Bees New Plymouth
Education & Care
20 - 28 Buller Street, New Plymouth Central · New Plymouth District
ERO assessed Busy Bees New Plymouth as Not well placed in 2018. Our analysis of the ERO report found sound curriculum implementation and strong children's wellbeing (B grades), along with established leadership and whānau partnerships. Bicultural practice was identified as developing and requiring strategic implementation across the organisation (C grade).
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ERO Review · 2018-06-13· superseded by operator-wide review above
"The curriculum strongly reflects the values outlined in the centre's philosophy statement. Children are active, engaged learners who are well supported by kaiako to settle into and persevere in their play."
Sound curriculum implementation with active engaged learning evident.
"Infants display a strong sense of belonging and wellbeing. They are confident and independent learners."
Strong sense of belonging and wellbeing demonstrated in children.
"The teaching team has an enduring focus on the development of partnerships with parents and whānau to strengthen support for children's learning."
Enduring focus on developing partnerships with families evident.
"A thoughtful approach has been taken to the development of a bicultural perspective in the programme, and of practices that should support Māori children's success as Māori."
Bicultural practice developing but requires strategic implementation across organisation.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"A well-established approach to review and development is in place. Inquiry and research into aspects of practice are undertaken by all kaiako. Reflection and collaboration are strong features of the team's approach."
Established leadership with collaborative culture and inquiry-based approach.
Source: Education Review Office review of Busy Bees New Plymouth dated 2018-06-13, 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 New Plymouth 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
20 - 28 Buller Street, New Plymouth 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 New Plymouth a free kindergarten?
- Busy Bees New Plymouth is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Busy Bees New Plymouth?
- 110 children attend Busy Bees New Plymouth (roll year 2025).
- Where is Busy Bees New Plymouth?
- 20 - 28 Buller Street New Plymouth Central New Plymouth 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 #46320) ↗ · 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.