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Tawa Montessori Preschool

Education & Care

📞 04-2323738

25 Hinau Street, Tawa · Wellington City

Tawa Montessori Preschool is an education and care service for 24 children in Tawa. Our analysis of the ERO report found strengths in whānau partnership, with improved parent communication and consideration of whānau aspirations. However, health and safety concerns were identified, including non-compliance with fire evacuation scheme and notification requirements.

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

Total roll
24
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
55405

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 · 2024-09-18

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
→B
"The service has taken steps to gather parent and whānau voice in operation and curriculum reviews and strengthened their communication systems to support the planning process."

Parent communication and voice gathering improved; whānau aspirations considered.

Bicultural practice
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Health & safety
↓D
"Ensuring the premise has a current fire evacuation scheme and that fire drills are notified to Fire and Emergency New Zealand every six months to keep this current."

Non-compliance with fire evacuation scheme and notification requirements identified.

Leadership & governance
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Source: Education Review Office review of Tawa Montessori Preschool dated 2024-09-18, 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 Tawa Montessori 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.

61 / 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 D · bottom 10% of band (n=2319)
25
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

25 Hinau Street, Tawa. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Tawa Montessori Preschool a free kindergarten?
Tawa Montessori Preschool is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Tawa Montessori Preschool?
24 children attend Tawa Montessori Preschool (roll year 2025).
Where is Tawa Montessori Preschool?
25 Hinau Street Tawa Wellington 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.