Levin Montessori
Education & Care
12 Highfield Place, Kawiu North · Horowhenua District
Levin Montessori is a Montessori-based education and care service for 30 children in Kawiu North. Our analysis of the ERO report identified strengths in bicultural practice and whānau partnership, with te reo and tikanga embedded in daily routines. Areas for development include children's wellbeing (particularly for younger learners in structured programme time) and leadership capacity, which has been affected by staff turnover.
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 · 2023-04-03
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Long periods of structured programme time are not effectively supporting the well-being and learning needs of younger, and some older learners."
Structured programme time undermining wellbeing for some children, particularly younger learners.
"Children, parents and whānau regularly contribute to a curriculum that respectfully recognises their identities, languages and cultures."
Regular whānau contributions to curriculum; whānau goals valued and influence daily experiences.
"Māori are valued as tangata whenua with te reo Māori, tikanga Māori, karakia and waiata woven into daily experiences."
Te reo and tikanga embedded in daily practice; culturally responsive programme enriches learning.
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Management assurance on legal requirements attested; no compliance concerns noted in review.
"Team changes have impacted on capacity to meet expectations and to understand the impacts of improvement actions on outcomes for learners."
Staff turnover impacting implementation capacity; monitoring and evaluation of improvement actions needs strengthening.
Source: Education Review Office review of Levin Montessori dated 2023-04-03, 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 Levin 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
12 Highfield Place, Kawiu North. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Levin Montessori a free kindergarten?
- Levin Montessori is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Levin Montessori?
- 30 children attend Levin Montessori (roll year 2025).
- Where is Levin Montessori?
- 12 Highfield Place Kawiu North Horowhenua 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 #45712) ↗ · 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.