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Discovery Nursery and Cottage

Education & Care

📞 04-5677328 ✉ Email centre

13A Guiness Street, Avalon · Lower Hutt City

Discovery Nursery and Cottage is an education and care service in Avalon, Lower Hutt, with a current roll of 44 children. Our analysis of the ERO report identifies strengths in curriculum and learning (aligned with Te Whāriki) and leadership and governance, but notes non-compliance with daily hazard check requirements in health and safety.

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

Total roll
44
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
60362

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 · 2023-06-15

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
→B
"Assessment and planning documentation is informed by Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum."

Assessment and planning aligned with Te Whāriki curriculum framework.

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
"ERO found an area of non-compliance in the service relating to: consistently undertaking daily hazard checks and hazards to the safety of children to ensure these are eliminated, isolated, or minimised."

Non-compliance with daily hazard check requirements identified.

Leadership & governance
→B
"A centre manager, supported by a general manager, is responsible for daily operations."

Clear management structure with manager and general manager oversight.

Source: Education Review Office review of Discovery Nursery and Cottage dated 2023-06-15, 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 computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Discovery Nursery and Cottage 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

13A Guiness Street, Avalon. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Discovery Nursery and Cottage a free kindergarten?
Discovery Nursery and Cottage is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Discovery Nursery and Cottage?
44 children attend Discovery Nursery and Cottage (roll year 2025).
Where is Discovery Nursery and Cottage?
13A Guiness Street Avalon Lower Hutt City

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Nearby & related

Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Awa Kairangi 0.3 km
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Avalon Kindergarten 0.6 km
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BestStart Naenae 0.9 km
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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.