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Casa Montessori Preschool

Education & Care

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1 Larch Street, Avondale · Auckland - Whau

Casa Montessori Preschool is an education and care service in Avondale with 36 children on roll. Our analysis of the ERO report found leadership and governance practices at grade B, with leaders prioritising wellbeing and professional development. Bicultural practice was graded C, with te reo and tikanga being built into practice, though leaders identified a need for deeper bicultural understanding.

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

Total roll
36
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
46206

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 · 2023-11-29

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Children's wellbeing
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
C
"Teachers are building their use of te reo Māori and tikanga Māori within daily practice."

Te reo and tikanga being built into practice; leaders see need for deeper bicultural understanding.

Health & safety
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Leadership & governance
B
"Leaders prioritise the wellbeing of children and their whānau. They facilitate and collaborate with external organisations and agencies to further support education and care. They provide opportunities for professional development and use mentoring and coaching to develop their teaching and leadership capabilities."

Leaders prioritise wellbeing, collaborate externally, support professional development and coaching.

Source: Education Review Office review of Casa Montessori Preschool dated 2023-11-29, 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 3 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.

Composite score

How this is computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Casa Montessori Preschool 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.

68 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=2425)
71
est
Wellbeing
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=1871)
74
est
Health & Safety
20%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
66
est
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%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=2375)
50

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

1 Larch Street, Avondale. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Casa Montessori Preschool a free kindergarten?
Casa Montessori Preschool is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Casa Montessori Preschool?
36 children attend Casa Montessori Preschool (roll year 2025).
Where is Casa Montessori Preschool?
1 Larch Street Avondale Auckland - Whau

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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.