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Daisy Cottage Montessori

Education & Care

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38 Gloucester Road, Mt Maunganui · Tauranga City

Daisy Cottage Montessori is an education and care service in Mt Maunganui with a current roll of 33 children. Our analysis of the ERO report (July 2024) shows the service received a B grade for whānau partnership, with developing partnerships and parent involvement. Bicultural practice received a C grade, with te reo and tikanga integration emerging and improvement actions identified.

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

Total roll
33
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
40305

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 · 2024-07-09

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
B
"Learning focused partnerships with parents and whānau are being developed. Parents aspirations are gathered and responded to. They have increased opportunities to share their cultures and languages."

Partnerships are developing; parent aspirations are gathered and responded to; increased cultural opportunities.

Bicultural practice
↓C
"Teachers are taking steps to integrate te reo Māori and tikanga into the daily curriculum."

Te reo and tikanga integration is emerging; improvement action needed for meaningful contexts.

Health & safety
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Leadership & governance
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Source: Education Review Office review of Daisy Cottage Montessori dated 2024-07-09, 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 Daisy Cottage 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.

67 / 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%
Estimated from national average · below band median (n=2400)
66
est
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
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

38 Gloucester Road, Mt Maunganui. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Daisy Cottage Montessori a free kindergarten?
Daisy Cottage Montessori is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Daisy Cottage Montessori?
33 children attend Daisy Cottage Montessori (roll year 2025).
Where is Daisy Cottage Montessori?
38 Gloucester Road Mt Maunganui Tauranga 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.