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Mountaineers Childcare & Education

Education & Care

📞 07-8719770

1375 McClure Street, Pirongia · Waipa District

Total roll
50
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
47722

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 · 2024-11-05

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
B
"The service curriculum provides children with a range of experiences and opportunities to enhance and extend their learning."

Curriculum provides varied experiences and opportunities to enhance learning.

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."

Service respects and acknowledges parent and whānau aspirations.

Bicultural practice
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Health & safety
↓C
"ERO found an area of non-compliance in the service relating to: carrying out each type of relevant emergency drill with children on an, at least, three monthly basis."

Non-compliance with emergency drill requirements identified.

Leadership & governance
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Source: Education Review Office review of Mountaineers Childcare & Education dated 2024-11-05, 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 Mountaineers Childcare & Education 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.

65 / 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 C · bottom 10% of band (n=2319)
50
Leadership
15%
Estimated from national average · below band median (n=2400)
66
est
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

1375 McClure Street, Pirongia. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Mountaineers Childcare & Education a free kindergarten?
Mountaineers Childcare & Education is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Mountaineers Childcare & Education?
50 children attend Mountaineers Childcare & Education (roll year 2025).
Where is Mountaineers Childcare & Education?
1375 McClure Street Pirongia Waipa District

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Sources & verification

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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)
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.