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St Marys Pre-School

Education & Care

41 Maxwell Road, Blenheim · Marlborough District

St Marys Pre-School is an education and care service in Blenheim with a current roll of 40 children. Our analysis of the 2022 ERO report identifies strong performance across children's wellbeing, whānau partnership, and leadership and governance, with all three dimensions graded B. The service demonstrates affirming relationships, family-centred support, and effective teacher inquiry.

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

Total roll
40
2025
Under 2s
20 Hours ECE
MOE #
65504

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 · 2022-08-02

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
B
"Teachers are affirming in their interactions. They draw on their knowledge of the child within the context of their family to support them in their learning."

Strong affirming relationships and family-centred support evident in practice.

Whānau partnership
B
"Teachers are affirming in their interactions. They draw on their knowledge of the child within the context of their family to support them in their learning."

Family knowledge informs teaching; board includes parent representatives.

Bicultural practice

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Health & safety

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Leadership & governance
B
"An increased focus on leadership for learning is evident. Teacher inquiry is effectively used to make informed changes to practice and improve outcomes for children. Improved use of a suitable internal evaluation process has resulted in further developments and changes to aspects of practice."

Strong leadership with effective teacher inquiry; internal evaluation improving practice.

Source: Education Review Office review of St Marys Pre-School dated 2022-08-02, 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 3 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.

Composite score

How this is computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where St Marys 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.

69 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=2425)
71
est
Wellbeing
20%
Grade B · bottom 10% of band (n=1871)
70
Health & Safety
20%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
66
est
Leadership
15%
Grade B · below band median (n=2400)
70
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

41 Maxwell Road, Blenheim. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is St Marys Pre-School a free kindergarten?
St Marys Pre-School is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at St Marys Pre-School?
40 children attend St Marys Pre-School (roll year 2025).
Where is St Marys Pre-School?
41 Maxwell Road Blenheim Marlborough District

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Sources & verification

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Data sources & freshness (4 sources · last refresh 12 July 2026)

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

Annual financial returns (community-based + umbrella orgs)

As of: 545 centres covered· Refresh: Annual filings · re-ingested with each refresh

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

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.