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Montessori Beginnings Early Childhood Education Centre

Education & Care

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29 Brightside Road, Stanmore Bay West · Auckland - Hibiscus and Bays

Total roll
30
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
45065

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 · 2025-12-09

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
B
"Positive steps are taken to respect and acknowledge the aspirations held by parents and whānau for their children. Information and guidance is sought, when necessary, from agencies and services to enable teachers to work effectively with children and their parents."

Parents' aspirations respected; collaborative approach with families evident.

Bicultural practice
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Health & safety
↓D
"At the time of the review, ERO identified areas of non-compliance with regulatory standards that are an unacceptable risk to children."

Multiple unacceptable compliance breaches identified at time of review.

Leadership & governance
↓C
"Service leaders must ensure regulatory standards are implemented, monitored, and maintained."

Leadership systems failed to implement and monitor regulatory compliance standards.

Source: Education Review Office review of Montessori Beginnings Early Childhood Education Centre dated 2025-12-09, 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 Montessori Beginnings Early Childhood Education 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.

58 / 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%
Grade D · bottom 10% of band (n=2319)
25
Leadership
15%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=2400)
50
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
Bicultural Practice
12.5%
Estimated from national average · near band median (n=2375)
64
est

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 Brightside Road, Stanmore Bay West. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Montessori Beginnings Early Childhood Education Centre a free kindergarten?
Montessori Beginnings Early Childhood Education Centre is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Montessori Beginnings Early Childhood Education Centre?
30 children attend Montessori Beginnings Early Childhood Education Centre (roll year 2025).
Where is Montessori Beginnings Early Childhood Education Centre?
29 Brightside Road Stanmore Bay West Auckland - Hibiscus and Bays

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Nearby & related

Stanmore Bay Kindergarten 0.2 km
kindergarten
Starfish Early Childhood Centre 0.5 km
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Little Wonders at Home Limited 0.5 km
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Pukeko ELC 0.9 km
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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.