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Busy Bodies Childcare Limited

Home-based

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11 Elizabeth Street, Appleby South (Invercargill City) · Invercargill City

Busy Bodies Childcare Limited is a home-based service in Appleby South with 80 children on roll. Our analysis of the ERO report identified strengths in curriculum alignment with Te Whāriki and leadership support, but found non-compliance in health and safety systems requiring ongoing monitoring.

AI-generated summary of this centre's ERO review data — verify against the ERO report below. How summaries are generated.

Total roll
80
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
80047

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

Akanuku · 2023-08-14

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
→B
"The curriculum is consistent with the service philosophy and Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum."

Curriculum aligned with Te Whāriki; meaningful interactions and diverse learning opportunities provided.

Children's wellbeing
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Health & safety
D
"Systems and processes relating to health and safety and maintaining the home-based premises have not been robustly implemented."

Non-compliance identified in health and safety systems; ongoing monitoring required.

Leadership & governance
→B
"The visiting teacher supports educators to engage in meaningful positive interactions with children to nurture responsive relationships."

Visiting teacher provides support for meaningful educator-child interactions.

Source: Education Review Office review of Busy Bodies Childcare Limited dated 2023-08-14, 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 computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Busy Bodies Childcare Limited 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.

61 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2425)
70
Wellbeing
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=1871)
74
est
Health & Safety
20%
Grade D · bottom 10% of band (n=2319)
25
Leadership
15%
Grade B · below band median (n=2400)
70
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
est
Bicultural Practice
12.5%
Estimated from national average · near band median (n=2375)
64
est

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

11 Elizabeth Street, Appleby South (Invercargill City). Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Busy Bodies Childcare Limited a free kindergarten?
Busy Bodies Childcare Limited is a Home-based service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Busy Bodies Childcare Limited?
80 children attend Busy Bodies Childcare Limited (roll year 2025).
Where is Busy Bodies Childcare Limited?
11 Elizabeth Street Appleby South (Invercargill City) Invercargill City

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Sources & verification

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Data sources & freshness (4 sources · last refresh 12 July 2026)
MoE ECE Directory

Service type, address, roll, ethnicity, Equity Index, 20 Hours, Takiwā, lat/lng

As of: Roll year 2025· Refresh: Nightly source · re-pulled on every deploy
Charities Services

Annual financial returns (community-based + umbrella orgs)

As of: 545 centres covered· Refresh: Annual filings · re-ingested with each refresh
ERO reports

Per-centre review reports + 6-dimension letter grades (curriculum / wellbeing / whānau / bicultural / health & safety / leadership)

As of: 10,663 reports / 4,194 centres · latest review 2026-05-18· Refresh: On review publication · CC-BY 4.0 attribution
Suburb context

Safety score, crime/1k, 2023 Census demographics

As of: 2023 Census· Refresh: Quarterly police data · 5-yearly census

Last build refresh: . See full methodology + data sources pages for licences, refresh cadences, and known gaps.