Montessori Children's House Wanaka
Education & Care
122 Kings Drive, Wānaka Waterfront · Queenstown-Lakes District
Montessori Children's House Wanaka operates an intentional Montessori curriculum with strong pedagogy, though assessment around Te Whāriki progress tracking has gaps. Our analysis of the ERO report grades the service as B across curriculum and learning, children's wellbeing, health and safety, and leadership and governance, indicating consistent quality with opportunities for further development in embedding evaluation practices.
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 · 2022-08-12
"Children experience an intentionally designed curriculum inclusive of all ages and abilities that integrates a Montessori approach."
Intentional Montessori curriculum with strong pedagogy, but assessment gaps around Te Whāriki progress tracking.
"Teachers support child agency, independence, and decision making within calm and peaceful environments."
Strong relationships and responsive environments support children's agency and wellbeing.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Legal compliance confirmed; assurance processes completed without concerns noted.
"Since the 2018 ERO review, leaders have made sufficient progress towards the recommendations relating to internal evaluation and appraisal processes. The teacher appraisal process has been embedded."
Sound progress on internal evaluation and appraisal; embedding phase with further implementation needed.
Source: Education Review Office review of Montessori Children's House Wanaka dated 2022-08-12, 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 computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Montessori Children's House Wanaka 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
122 Kings Drive, Wānaka Waterfront. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Operator financials
Source: Charities Services Annual Return
Frequently asked
- Is Montessori Children's House Wanaka a free kindergarten?
- Montessori Children's House Wanaka is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Montessori Children's House Wanaka?
- 56 children attend Montessori Children's House Wanaka (roll year 2025).
- Where is Montessori Children's House Wanaka?
- 122 Kings Drive Wānaka Waterfront Queenstown-Lakes District
How much will this cost you? Use our FamilyBoost + Childcare Subsidy calculator to estimate your weekly out-of-pocket after government support.
Nearby & related
Compare Montessori Children's House Wanaka side-by-side with another centre →
Find your zoned schools near Wānaka Waterfront
Our sister site schoolsnearme.co.nz covers every NZ primary, intermediate and secondary school with ERO reports, financials, and statutory-manager alerts. Enter your address to see which schools you're zoned for.
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 #80015) ↗ · CC-BY 4.0 via data.govt.nz
- ERO reviews: ERO institution page ↗ · Crown copyright (reuse permitted with attribution)
- Financials (2025-03-31): Charities Services Annual Return ↗ · CC-BY 4.0 via charities.govt.nz
- 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.