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Little Steps Montessori Preschool

Education & Care

📞 09-444 3934 ✉ Email centre

29-31 Omega Street, Albany · Auckland - Upper Harbour

Little Steps Montessori Preschool is an education and care service in Albany, Auckland. Our analysis of the ERO report identifies bicultural practice and leadership & governance as areas where the service is developing, with te reo Māori used in assessment and new leaders building systems.

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

Total roll
30
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
46400

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 · 2023-03-28

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Children's wellbeing
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
C
"using te reo Māori in assessment records for children who have Māori heritage."

Te reo Māori used in assessment; limited evidence of broader tikanga integration.

Health & safety
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Leadership & governance
C
"Using observable and measurable success indicators to evaluate outcomes for learners is an area of development for teachers and leaders. Leaders are beginning to work with teachers to implement a system of regular appraisal. They need to consider ways to support teachers to take responsibility for their own professional learning and development."

New leaders building systems; professional learning developing; evaluation practices emerging.

Source: Education Review Office review of Little Steps Montessori Preschool dated 2023-03-28, 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 3 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.

Composite score

How this is computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Little Steps Montessori Preschool 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.

65 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=2425)
71
est
Wellbeing
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=1871)
74
est
Health & Safety
20%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
66
est
Leadership
15%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=2400)
50
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
est
Bicultural Practice
12.5%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=2375)
50

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

29-31 Omega Street, Albany. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Little Steps Montessori Preschool a free kindergarten?
Little Steps Montessori Preschool is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Little Steps Montessori Preschool?
30 children attend Little Steps Montessori Preschool (roll year 2025).
Where is Little Steps Montessori Preschool?
29-31 Omega Street Albany Auckland - Upper Harbour

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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.