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Pebbles Montessori Cashmere

Education & Care

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26 Colombo Street, Cashmere · Christchurch City

Pebbles Montessori Cashmere is an education and care service in Cashmere with 37 children. Our analysis of the ERO report found bicultural practice is emerging but inconsistent across the teaching team, with te reo not yet embedded (grade C). Health and safety processes were assessed as good, with no concerns noted (grade B).

AI-generated summary of this centre's ERO review data — verify against the ERO report below. How summaries are generated.

Total roll
37
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
46833

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 · 2023-06-19

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Children's wellbeing
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
↓C
"There are opportunities for children to learn about the bicultural heritage of Aotearoa. Aspects of tikanga Māori, and at times the use of te reo Maōri is evident in the curriculum. However, this is not yet a consistent practice across the teaching team."

Bicultural practice emerging but inconsistent across teaching team; te reo not yet embedded.

Health & safety
→B
"Leaders have good processes to support compliance and assessment processes."

Good compliance processes in place; no concerns noted in review.

Leadership & governance
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Source: Education Review Office review of Pebbles Montessori Cashmere dated 2023-06-19, 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 Pebbles Montessori Cashmere 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.

68 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=2425)
71
est
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%
Estimated from national average · below band median (n=2400)
66
est
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
est
Bicultural Practice
12.5%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=2375)
50

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

26 Colombo Street, Cashmere. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Pebbles Montessori Cashmere a free kindergarten?
Pebbles Montessori Cashmere is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Pebbles Montessori Cashmere?
37 children attend Pebbles Montessori Cashmere (roll year 2025).
Where is Pebbles Montessori Cashmere?
26 Colombo Street Cashmere Christchurch City

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Sources & verification

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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.