City Heights Montessori
Education & Care
254 York Place, Dunedin Central · Dunedin City
City Heights Montessori is an education and care service in Dunedin Central with a current roll of 60 children. ERO's 2023 review found strong toddler wellbeing and responsive teaching, but identified areas for development including bicultural practice, health and safety compliance, and evidence-based leadership and evaluation practices.
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 · 2023-05-16
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Toddlers learn in an unhurried setting, well-nurtured by highly responsive teachers. They play cooperatively in small groups, and alongside others in an environment that is thoughtfully designed."
Strong toddler wellbeing; responsive teaching; limited intentional support for infants.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Tikanga Māori is observed in practices however, there is limited use of te reo Māori."
Tikanga present but minimal te reo Māori use; limited bicultural development.
"Consistent implementation of systems, process, and practices to monitoring ongoing health and safety, and governance and management practices are required to meet all aspects of the regulatory standards."
Multiple non-compliances identified; some post-visit remediation completed.
"Minimal progress has been made in addressing the key next steps from the 2015 and 2019 ERO reports in relation to internal evaluation."
Limited progress on internal evaluation; reflection present but lacks evidence-based judgement.
Source: Education Review Office review of City Heights Montessori dated 2023-05-16, 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 City Heights Montessori 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
254 York Place, Dunedin Central. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is City Heights Montessori a free kindergarten?
- City Heights Montessori is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at City Heights Montessori?
- 60 children attend City Heights Montessori (roll year 2025).
- Where is City Heights Montessori?
- 254 York Place Dunedin Central Dunedin City
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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 #80026) ↗ · 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.