Montessori House Casita dei Bambini
Education & Care
10 Beresford Street, Kaikorai · Dunedin City
Montessori House Casita dei Bambini is a 20-place education and care service in Kaikorai. Our analysis of the ERO report identified strengths in curriculum and learning, with a responsive, well-resourced Te Whāriki-aligned programme. However, the service was assessed as having limited te reo Māori and te ao Māori integration, and non-compliance was identified in excursion risk assessment and approval procedures.
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 responsive and well-resourced curriculum, that is consistent with Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum and the Montessori approach."
Responsive, well-resourced, Te Whāriki-aligned curriculum with some areas for refinement.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Children have some, but not sufficient, opportunities to hear and use te reo, and experience and learn about Māori culture."
Limited te reo and te ao Māori integration; insufficient opportunities for bicultural learning.
"ERO identified the following area of non-compliance. when children leave the premises on regular excursions, an assessment of and management of risk is undertaken, and the excursion is approved by the Person Responsible."
Non-compliance identified with excursion risk assessment and approval procedures.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Source: Education Review Office review of Montessori House Casita 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 computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Montessori House Casita dei Bambini 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
10 Beresford Street, Kaikorai. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Montessori House Casita dei Bambini a free kindergarten?
- Montessori House Casita 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 Casita dei Bambini?
- 20 children attend Montessori House Casita dei Bambini (roll year 2025).
- Where is Montessori House Casita dei Bambini?
- 10 Beresford Street Kaikorai 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 #83078) ↗ · 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
Last build refresh: . See full methodology + data sources pages for licences, refresh cadences, and known gaps.