Mt Cook Preschool
Kindergarten
160 Tory Street, Mt Cook-Wellington · Wellington City
Mt Cook Preschool was reviewed by the Education Review Office in August 2022. Our analysis of the ERO report identified strengths in bicultural practice, with te ao Māori integrated throughout the service. Areas for development include intentional use of learning outcomes to demonstrate progression and clearer understanding of internal evaluation processes among staff.
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
Whānau Manaaki Kindergartens Cultural & rohe
ERO operator-wide review
Governing Organisation Evaluation · 2024-12-20 · covers the wider operator group
ERO's most recent review for this centre is an operator-wide review — ERO has chosen to review the parent group rather than this centre individually. The findings apply across all centres in the group.
Source: Education Review Office operator-wide review dated 2024-12-20, licensed CC-BY 4.0.
Earlier individual centre review
Akarangi · 2022-08-10· superseded by operator-wide review above
"The learning outcomes are yet to be used intentionally to inform assessment for learning and show progression of learning in relation to the outcomes over time."
Learning outcomes not yet intentionally used to show progression over time
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Children have many opportunities to experience te ao Māori and use mihi, karakia, and waiata as an integrated part of the preschool programme. Building the collective capability of all teachers to use te reo Māori confidently with children is ongoing."
Te ao Māori integrated, mihi/karakia/waiata embedded, te reo capability building ongoing
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Internal evaluation as a process of engaging in systematic inquiry with the aim of making a judgment about practice is not yet well understood."
Internal evaluation process not yet well understood by staff
Source: Education Review Office review of Mt Cook Preschool dated 2022-08-10, 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 Mt Cook Preschool 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
160 Tory Street, Mt Cook-Wellington. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Mt Cook Preschool a free kindergarten?
- Mt Cook Preschool is a Free Kindergarten. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds — you may also be eligible for FamilyBoost and Childcare Subsidy.
- What's the roll at Mt Cook Preschool?
- 28 children attend Mt Cook Preschool (roll year 2025).
- Where is Mt Cook Preschool?
- 160 Tory Street Mt Cook-Wellington Wellington 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 #60329) ↗ · 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.