Li'l Champs Montessori Early Learning Centre
Education & Care
43 Aviemore Drive, Howick · Auckland - Howick
Li'l Champs Montessori Early Learning Centre is an education and care service in Howick with a roll of 70. Our analysis of the ERO report identifies curriculum and learning as intentional and interest-based, with recognition of individual learning styles. Health and safety compliance concerns previously identified have been addressed, and leadership and governance show strong relationships and internal evaluation, though leadership capability was identified as an area to strengthen.
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
Li'l Champs Cultural & rohe
ERO review
Akarangi · 2024-02-16
"Children engage in meaningful experiences based on their interests. They benefit from a curriculum that recognises and acknowledges the unique way they learn. Children are given the space and time to lead their own learning."
Intentional, interest-based learning with recognition of individual learning styles.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"During the review, the service provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed the following non-compliances: Ensuring records for regular excursions include evidence of parental permission and approval of adult: child ratios."
Previously identified non-compliance has been addressed; assurance given.
"High relational trust between leaders and teachers support collaboration that bring about improvement. Internal evaluation processes make clear links to outcomes for children and are revisited over a period of time."
Strong relationships and internal evaluation; leadership capability identified as area to strengthen.
Source: Education Review Office review of Li'l Champs Montessori Early Learning Centre dated 2024-02-16, 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 Li'l Champs Montessori Early Learning Centre 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
43 Aviemore Drive, Howick. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Li'l Champs Montessori Early Learning Centre a free kindergarten?
- Li'l Champs Montessori Early Learning Centre is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Li'l Champs Montessori Early Learning Centre?
- 70 children attend Li'l Champs Montessori Early Learning Centre (roll year 2025).
- Where is Li'l Champs Montessori Early Learning Centre?
- 43 Aviemore Drive Howick Auckland - Howick
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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 #47486) ↗ · 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.