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Three Mountains Montessori

Education & Care

📞 09-445 9739 ✉ Email centre

47 Old Lake Road, Narrow Neck · Auckland - Devonport-Takapuna

Total roll
35
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
20099

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 · 2026-02-09

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
B
"The curriculum is coherent with Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum. Providing children with equitable opportunities to learn through a responsive curriculum is a service focus."

Curriculum coherent with Te Whāriki; responsive teaching evident, though bicultural depth noted as opportunity.

Children's wellbeing
→A
"Children have a strong sense of belonging in the centre. They experience a calm and peaceful environment supported by caring and nurturing teachers."

Strong belonging, calm environment, nurturing relationships consistently demonstrated.

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
↓C
"Teachers promote te reo Māori through waiata, karakia, wall displays and resources for play. They could now consider how they might respond more deeply to the language, cultures, and identities of all children through the programme and centre documentation."

Te reo basics present but limited depth; identified as area for strengthened implementation.

Health & safety
B
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."

Compliance addressed; previous non-compliances resolved post-visit.

Leadership & governance
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Source: Education Review Office review of Three Mountains Montessori dated 2026-02-09, 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 Three Mountains 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.

71 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2425)
70
Wellbeing
20%
Grade A · top quartile of band (n=1871)
90
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

47 Old Lake Road, Narrow Neck. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Three Mountains Montessori a free kindergarten?
Three Mountains Montessori is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Three Mountains Montessori?
35 children attend Three Mountains Montessori (roll year 2025).
Where is Three Mountains Montessori?
47 Old Lake Road Narrow Neck Auckland - Devonport-Takapuna

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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.