Montessori House Casa dei Bambini
Education & Care
23 Nairn Street, Wakari · Dunedin City
Montessori House Casa dei Bambini is an education and care service in Wakari with 45 children on roll. Our analysis of the ERO report (May 2022) found the service achieved B grades in curriculum and learning, children's wellbeing, and whānau partnership. Areas identified for development include embedding Te reo Māori and tikanga, addressing a non-compliance in excursion risk assessment, and strengthening internal evaluation and collaborative leadership 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 · 2022-05-18
"Children benefit from a very well-resourced curriculum that is consistent with Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum, and the Montessori approach."
Well-resourced, Te Whāriki-aligned curriculum; high engagement; some assessment refinement needed.
"Infants and toddlers learn in an unhurried setting and experience respectful, nurturing relationships. They are thoughtfully supported in their learning and in their transition from Nido to Casita rooms."
Respectful, nurturing relationships; thoughtful support; positive transitions; sound wellbeing.
"Leaders and teachers work closely with parents and external agencies to support children who need extra help with their learning."
Close parent partnerships; responsive to family needs; collaborative support for children.
"consistently integrate meaningful te reo and te ao Māori so that all children experience a rich bicultural curriculum"
Te reo and tikanga integration needs embedding; identified as improvement action.
"ERO identified the following area of non-compliance: when children leave the premises on regular excursions, an assessment and management of risk is undertaken, and the excursion is approved by the Person Responsible."
Non-compliance in excursion risk assessment; health and safety policies generally sound.
"However, there is variable understanding of internal evaluation as a tool to guide improvement actions. There has been insufficient gathering of information to inform past evaluations and desired outcomes have not been child centred."
Variable internal evaluation practice; improvement plans need collaborative development with staff.
Source: Education Review Office review of Montessori House Casa dei Bambini dated 2022-05-18, 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 computedThe 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
23 Nairn Street, Wakari. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
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Frequently asked
- Is Montessori House Casa dei Bambini a free kindergarten?
- Montessori House Casa dei Bambini is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Montessori House Casa dei Bambini?
- 45 children attend Montessori House Casa dei Bambini (roll year 2025).
- Where is Montessori House Casa dei Bambini?
- 23 Nairn Street Wakari Dunedin City
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #83042) ↗ · CC-BY 4.0 via data.govt.nz
- ERO reviews: ERO institution page ↗ · Crown copyright (reuse permitted with attribution)
- 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
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