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Totara Hill Montessori

Education & Care

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8 Smith Road, Dome Valley-Matakana · Auckland - Rodney

Total roll
28
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
20064

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 · 2024-11-07

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
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
↑B
"Kaiako deliberately promote te ao Māori and integrate te reo and tikanga practices through the programme and in their daily teaching practice."

Intentional te reo and tikanga integration; improvement action identifies deepening local bicultural connections.

Health & safety
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Leadership & governance
B
"Internal evaluation generates new knowledge for leaders and kaiako. They inquire into aspects of their practice, by asking themselves what works and why. This effective evaluative process results in positive changes being made that are based on analysed evidence."

Strong internal evaluation and collaborative professional learning; strategic improvement identified.

Source: Education Review Office review of Totara Hill Montessori dated 2024-11-07, 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 Totara Hill 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.

70 / 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%
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%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
est
Bicultural Practice
12.5%
Grade B · near band median (n=2375)
70

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

8 Smith Road, Dome Valley-Matakana. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Totara Hill Montessori a free kindergarten?
Totara Hill Montessori is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Totara Hill Montessori?
28 children attend Totara Hill Montessori (roll year 2025).
Where is Totara Hill Montessori?
8 Smith Road Dome Valley-Matakana Auckland - Rodney

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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.