Busy Bees Wellington Street
Education & Care
22 and 24 Wellington Street, Te Hapara · Gisborne District
Busy Bees Wellington Street is an education and care service in Te Hapara with a current roll of 60 children. Our analysis of the ERO report from February 2022 found the service graded B across all dimensions: curriculum and learning, children's wellbeing, whānau partnership, bicultural practice, health and safety, and leadership and governance.
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
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Akanuku · 2022-02-21· superseded by operator-wide review above
"The curriculum respects and supports the right of each child to be confident in their own culture and encourages children to understand and respect other cultures."
Curriculum supports cultural identity and respect; meets licensing standards effectively.
"Adults engage in positive interactions with children to enhance their learning."
Positive adult-child interactions evident; systems address emotional and physical safety.
"Positive steps are taken to respect and acknowledge the aspirations held by parents and whānau for their children."
Service actively respects and acknowledges family aspirations for children.
"It acknowledges and reflects the unique place of Māori as tangata whenua."
Service acknowledges Māori as tangata whenua; bicultural aspects recognized.
"Health and safety procedures are monitored, and changes made when required."
Health and safety procedures monitored and adjusted; regulatory standards met.
"The service is effectively governed and is managed in accordance with good management practices."
Effective governance and sound management practices in place.
Source: Education Review Office review of Busy Bees Wellington Street dated 2022-02-21, 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 computedThe 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
22 and 24 Wellington Street, Te Hapara. 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 Wellington Street a free kindergarten?
- Busy Bees Wellington Street is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Busy Bees Wellington Street?
- 60 children attend Busy Bees Wellington Street (roll year 2025).
- Where is Busy Bees Wellington Street?
- 22 and 24 Wellington Street Te Hapara Gisborne District
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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 #55011) ↗ · 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.