House of Wonder Cambridge by Busy Bees
Education & Care
3/94 Queen Street, Lakewood, Cambridge Central · Waipa District
House of Wonder Cambridge by Busy Bees is an education and care centre in Cambridge Central. Our analysis of the ERO report from May 2022 found the service graded as B across children's wellbeing, health and safety, and leadership and governance. Adults engage in meaningful interactions to support relationships, health and safety standards are being met, and the philosophy and annual plan guide service operations.
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 operator-wide review
Education Review · 2023-09-20 · covers the wider operator group
ERO's most recent review for this centre is an operator-wide review — ERO has chosen to review the parent group rather than this centre individually. The findings apply across all centres in the group.
Source: Education Review Office operator-wide review dated 2023-09-20, licensed CC-BY 4.0.
Earlier individual centre review
Akanuku · 2022-05-04· superseded by operator-wide review above
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Adults engage in meaningful, positive interactions with children to promote and nurture reciprocal relationships."
Adults engage in meaningful, positive interactions to promote reciprocal relationships.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Health and safety Meeting"
Health and safety standards are being met.
"A philosophy and annual plan guide service operations."
Philosophy and annual plan guide service operations.
Source: Education Review Office review of House of Wonder Cambridge by Busy Bees dated 2022-05-04, 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).
Composite score
How this is computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where House of Wonder Cambridge by Busy Bees 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
3/94 Queen Street, Lakewood, Cambridge Central. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is House of Wonder Cambridge by Busy Bees a free kindergarten?
- House of Wonder Cambridge by Busy Bees is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at House of Wonder Cambridge by Busy Bees?
- 90 children attend House of Wonder Cambridge by Busy Bees (roll year 2025).
- Where is House of Wonder Cambridge by Busy Bees?
- 3/94 Queen Street, Lakewood Cambridge Central Waipa District
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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 #47806) ↗ · 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.