Busy Bees Terrace End
Education & Care
104 - 110 Napier Road, Terrace End · Palmerston North City
ERO assessed Busy Bees Terrace End as Not well placed in June 2018. Our analysis of the ERO report identified sound play-based curriculum (B grade) but noted that whānau partnership and bicultural practice were both in early development stages (C grades). Parent communication and learning partnerships with whānau were emerging but not yet embedded.
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ERO Review · 2018-06-18· superseded by operator-wide review above
"Teachers are working to implement practices that promote children's independence, self-management and empowerment as learners within a play based curriculum."
Sound play-based curriculum with emerging intentional teaching focus; assessment developing.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Learning centred partnerships with parents are emerging. Use of an online program is supporting improved communication between teachers and families about aspects of children's learning."
Parent communication emerging; learning partnerships developing but not yet embedded.
"Strategies that promote educational success for Māori are beginning to be developed. Leaders are exploring connections within the community to further strengthen teacher knowledge and understanding of te ao Māori."
Te ao Māori strategies emerging; bicultural implementation in early development stage.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Source: Education Review Office review of Busy Bees Terrace End dated 2018-06-18, 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 Terrace End 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
104 - 110 Napier Road, Terrace End. 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 Terrace End a free kindergarten?
- Busy Bees Terrace End is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Busy Bees Terrace End?
- 100 children attend Busy Bees Terrace End (roll year 2025).
- Where is Busy Bees Terrace End?
- 104 - 110 Napier Road Terrace End Palmerston North City
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #47144) ↗ · 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.