The Oaks Montessori
Education & Care
1 Charles Upham Drive, Oxford Estate · Waimakariri District
The Oaks Montessori is an education and care service in Oxford Estate, Waimakariri District. Our analysis of the February 2024 ERO report grades curriculum and learning, whānau partnership, health and safety, and leadership and governance all as B (sound). The report notes effective curriculum delivery with opportunities to strengthen Te Whāriki alignment explicitly, and effective communication with families.
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
Akanuku · 2024-02-01
"The curriculum provides children with a range of experiences and opportunities to promote and extend their learning and development, individually and in groups."
Effective curriculum delivery with range of experiences; opportunities to improve Te Whāriki alignment explicitly noted.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Positive steps are taken to respect and acknowledge the aspirations held by parents and whānau for their children."
Positive steps to acknowledge whānau aspirations; communication with families effective.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Service leaders take practicable steps to promote appropriate health and safety systems and practices."
Health and safety systems in place and meeting regulatory standards.
"At the time of the review, ERO found the service was taking reasonable steps to meet regulatory standards."
Service meeting regulatory standards across governance and management areas.
Source: Education Review Office review of The Oaks Montessori dated 2024-02-01, 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).
Composite score
How this is computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where The Oaks Montessori 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
1 Charles Upham Drive, Oxford Estate. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is The Oaks Montessori a free kindergarten?
- The Oaks Montessori is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at The Oaks Montessori?
- 120 children attend The Oaks Montessori (roll year 2025).
- Where is The Oaks Montessori?
- 1 Charles Upham Drive Oxford Estate Waimakariri District
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Sources & verification
Every fact on this page links back to its government source. Verify directly:
- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #47995) ↗ · 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.