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Montessori Children's House - Wellington

Education & Care

121 Darlington Road, Miramar · Wellington City

Total roll
30
2025
Under 2s
20 Hours ECE
MOE #
60354

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 · 2025-05-07

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
B
"The curriculum aligns to the principles and strands of Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum and the Montessori philosophy. Children have a range of experiences and opportunities to enhance and extend their learning and development - both indoors and outdoors, individually and in groups."

Curriculum aligns with Te Whāriki and Montessori; assessment and planning identified as next steps

Children's wellbeing

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Whānau partnership

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Health & safety
B
"Monitoring of the consistent implementation aspects of health and safety practices is required."

Standards met; monitoring of consistent implementation needed; prior non-compliances addressed

Leadership & governance
B
"Governance management processes and internal evaluation are established."

Governance and management processes established; quality of assessment and planning for development

Source: Education Review Office review of Montessori Children's House - Wellington dated 2025-05-07, 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 Children's House - Wellington 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.

70 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2425)
70
Wellbeing
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=1871)
74
est
Health & Safety
20%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
70
Leadership
15%
Grade B · below band median (n=2400)
70
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
est
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

121 Darlington Road, Miramar. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Montessori Children's House - Wellington a free kindergarten?
Montessori Children's House - Wellington 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 - Wellington?
30 children attend Montessori Children's House - Wellington (roll year 2025).
Where is Montessori Children's House - Wellington?
121 Darlington Road Miramar Wellington City

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Sources & verification

Every fact on this page links back to its government source. Verify directly:

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

As of: Roll year 2025· Refresh: Nightly source · re-pulled on every deploy

Annual financial returns (community-based + umbrella orgs)

As of: 545 centres covered· Refresh: Annual filings · re-ingested with each refresh

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

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.