Busy Bees Taupo
Education & Care
6 Opepe Street, Taupō Central West · Taupo District
Our analysis of the ERO report finds Busy Bees Taupo meets regulatory standards across health and safety, with competent leadership and reasonable whānau engagement. Dimension grades show B grades for whānau partnership, health and safety, and leadership and governance, with a C grade in bicultural practice where the service is developing deeper involvement of Māori whānau in curriculum design.
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
Akanuku · 2023-04-19· superseded by operator-wide review above
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Positive steps are in place to respect and acknowledge the aspirations held by parents and whānau for their children."
Respectful family engagement evident though capacity for deeper involvement identified.
"The curriculum acknowledges and reflects the unique place of Māori as tangata whenua. Children are supported to be confident in their own culture and are encouraged to respect other cultures."
Basic bicultural practice evident; next step to increase Māori whānau involvement in curriculum design.
"At the time of the review, ERO found the service was taking reasonable steps to meet regulatory standards."
Health and safety regulatory standards being met; systems in place.
"The centre manager oversees a team of qualified and unqualified staff."
Qualified leadership with reasonable compliance; opportunity for strategic curriculum development.
Source: Education Review Office review of Busy Bees Taupo dated 2023-04-19, 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 Taupo 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
6 Opepe Street, Taupō Central West. 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 Taupo a free kindergarten?
- Busy Bees Taupo is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Busy Bees Taupo?
- 80 children attend Busy Bees Taupo (roll year 2025).
- Where is Busy Bees Taupo?
- 6 Opepe Street Taupō Central West Taupo District
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Nearby & related
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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 #47657) ↗ · 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.