Smart Start Montessori (Grange Rd) Pre-School
Education & Care
99 Grange Road, Mount Eden · Auckland - Albert-Eden
Smart Start Montessori (Grange Rd) Pre-School is an education and care service in Mount Eden with a roll of 40 children. Our analysis of the July 2024 ERO report found grades of B across bicultural practice, health and safety, and leadership and governance. The service has embedded te ao Māori, addressed health and safety compliance, and established collaborative leadership, though monitoring of some systems continues to develop.
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 · 2024-07-02
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Te ao Māori (the Māori world) is reflected within the learning environment, teacher practice and the bicultural resources provided. Children learn about the languages and cultures of others through participating in language weeks and cultural events."
Te ao Māori embedded; cultural events offered; opportunity to deepen reflection of children's identities
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Service addressed medicine record-keeping non-compliance; systems for managing safety areas in place
"Relational trust between leaders and teachers supports collaboration and improvement. There are regular opportunities for teachers to extend their knowledge through professional learning and development. Systems to guide review and internal evaluation have been developed and are being implemented."
Strong collaborative culture; professional learning embedded; evaluation systems developing; monitoring needed
Source: Education Review Office review of Smart Start Montessori (Grange Rd) Pre-School dated 2024-07-02, 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 Smart Start Montessori (Grange Rd) Pre-School 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
99 Grange Road, Mount Eden. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
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Frequently asked
- Is Smart Start Montessori (Grange Rd) Pre-School a free kindergarten?
- Smart Start Montessori (Grange Rd) Pre-School is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Smart Start Montessori (Grange Rd) Pre-School?
- 40 children attend Smart Start Montessori (Grange Rd) Pre-School (roll year 2025).
- Where is Smart Start Montessori (Grange Rd) Pre-School?
- 99 Grange Road Mount Eden Auckland - Albert-Eden
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #20362) ↗ · 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.