Little Sprouts Montessori Pre-School
Education & Care
72 Domain Road, Whakatāne Central · Whakatane District
ERO's 2024 Akarangi review found strengths in children's wellbeing, bicultural practice, and health and safety. Our analysis of the ERO report identified areas for development in curriculum and learning (particularly outdoor practical life opportunities and independent decision-making for older children) and leadership and governance (including inconsistent application of Te Whāriki framework).
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 · 2024-06-11
"The curriculum for older tamariki does not yet promote their independent decision-making and use of outdoor practical life learning opportunities."
Older children's curriculum lacks independent decision-making and outdoor practical life opportunities.
"Positive and nurturing interactions with kaiako promote the developing social competence and oral communication skills of tamariki."
Nurturing interactions support social competence and oral communication development.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"The practices of kaiako place value on te ao Māori (the Māori world). Te reo Māori and tikanga Māori are promoted and integrated throughout the service. The cultural expertise of leaders, as well as external expertise, influences the curriculum design and provision of experiences for tamariki."
Te reo, tikanga, and mātauranga Māori integrated throughout; cultural expertise informs curriculum.
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Management attested to reasonable steps meeting legal health and safety obligations.
"Leaders and kaiako are not yet consistently using the learning outcomes of Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum to inform the curriculum or governance processes. Monitoring and evaluating the impact of teaching and the curriculum on the learning of individuals and groups of tamariki is not yet evident."
Inconsistent Te Whāriki use in governance; impact monitoring on learning not yet evident.
Source: Education Review Office review of Little Sprouts Montessori Pre-School dated 2024-06-11, 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 4 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.
Composite score
How this is computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Little Sprouts Montessori Pre-School 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
72 Domain Road, Whakatāne Central. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
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Frequently asked
- Is Little Sprouts Montessori Pre-School a free kindergarten?
- Little Sprouts Montessori Pre-School is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Little Sprouts Montessori Pre-School?
- 40 children attend Little Sprouts Montessori Pre-School (roll year 2025).
- Where is Little Sprouts Montessori Pre-School?
- 72 Domain Road Whakatāne Central Whakatane District
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #45014) ↗ · 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
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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
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