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Minerva House

Education & Care

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90 McFaddens Road, St Albans · Christchurch City

Minerva House is an education and care service in St Albans with 57 children on roll. Our analysis of the ERO report from August 2022 shows the service received a B grade for children's wellbeing, with strong relationships and engagement evident. However, bicultural practice received a C grade, with limited te reo and tikanga integration identified as needing improvement.

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

Total roll
57
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
45565

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 · 2022-08-24

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
→B
"Children experience respectful, friendly relationships with their teachers and are highly engaged in their chosen learning. They play cooperatively in small groups and alongside others, in purposefully resourced learning environments. Infants and toddlers learn in an unhurried environment and are nurtured by attentive adults."

Strong relationships, engagement, and nurturing environment evident.

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
C
"Children have some opportunities to hear and use te reo me ngā tikanga Māori. Further work is required in this area."

Limited te reo and tikanga integration; improvement needed.

Health & safety
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Leadership & governance
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Source: Education Review Office review of Minerva House dated 2022-08-24, 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 computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Minerva House 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.

66 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=2425)
71
est
Wellbeing
20%
Grade B · bottom 10% of band (n=1871)
70
Health & Safety
20%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
66
est
Leadership
15%
Estimated from national average · below band median (n=2400)
66
est
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

90 McFaddens Road, St Albans. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Minerva House a free kindergarten?
Minerva House is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Minerva House?
57 children attend Minerva House (roll year 2025).
Where is Minerva House?
90 McFaddens Road St Albans Christchurch City

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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.