Busy Beez Childcare Centre
Education & Care
626 Fergusson Drive, Upper Hutt CBD · Upper Hutt City
Busy Beez Childcare Centre is an education and care service in Upper Hutt CBD with a current roll of 50 children. Our analysis of the February 2023 ERO report identifies strengths in curriculum and learning, children's wellbeing, health and safety, and leadership, with grades of B in these areas. Bicultural practice was graded C, reflecting early-stage culturally responsive curriculum development and limited understanding of success for Māori and Pacific children.
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
Standalone
Cultural & rohe
ERO review
Akarangi · 2023-02-15
"Children experience a play-based curriculum that enables them to have choices about their participation and aspects of their learning. Teachers provide a good range of open-ended learning opportunities linked to science, numeracy and creativity."
Play-based curriculum with good learning opportunities; assessment improved with Te Whāriki outcomes used for planning.
"Infants and toddlers experience a calm learning environment that is well set up to meet their needs."
Calm environment for infants and toddlers; children motivated and engaged for sustained periods.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Leaders and teachers are at an early stage of developing a curriculum that is culturally responsive and have yet to collaborate with parents and whānau to identify a localised approach. The concept of success for Māori and Pacific children within their own cultural context is not yet well understood."
Early stage of culturally responsive curriculum; limited understanding of success for Māori and Pacific children.
"During the review, the service provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed the following non-compliance: cots that could fall or topple and cause serious injury or damage are secured."
Compliance issues identified and addressed; systems for managing health and safety in place.
"Governance and management systems are well established. A strategic plan provides direction for development and a well-defined leadership structure supports practice and operation."
Well-established governance and strategic planning; professional learning frameworks in place; capacity for internal eva
Source: Education Review Office review of Busy Beez Childcare Centre dated 2023-02-15, 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 Beez Childcare Centre 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
626 Fergusson Drive, Upper Hutt CBD. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Busy Beez Childcare Centre a free kindergarten?
- Busy Beez Childcare Centre is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Busy Beez Childcare Centre?
- 50 children attend Busy Beez Childcare Centre (roll year 2025).
- Where is Busy Beez Childcare Centre?
- 626 Fergusson Drive Upper Hutt CBD Upper Hutt 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 #60381) ↗ · 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.