Wa Ora Montessori Preschool
Education & Care
278 Waddington Drive, Naenae · Lower Hutt City
Wa Ora Montessori Preschool is an education and care service in Naenae with a current roll of 120 children. Our analysis of the ERO report identified curriculum and learning as a strength (grade B), with an inclusive and responsive approach. Areas for development include bicultural practice, health and safety compliance, and leadership and governance, all graded C.
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 · 2024-08-07
"Children access a range of equipment and materials appropriate to their ages and capabilities. The service curriculum is inclusive and responsive to children as confident and competent learners."
Curriculum is inclusive, responsive, and provides appropriate materials and opportunities.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Incorporate places of significance to mana whenua within the local curriculum."
Next step identified to incorporate mana whenua places of significance into curriculum.
"Aspects of compliance relating to health and safety lack sufficient guidance and monitoring to support consistency across the classrooms."
Health and safety compliance lacks sufficient guidance and monitoring for consistency.
"Having an intentional focus on compliance with licensing requirements, by governance and management is required to ensure that the preschool is consistently maintaining regulatory standards."
Governance and management need intentional focus on compliance with licensing requirements.
Source: Education Review Office review of Wa Ora Montessori Preschool dated 2024-08-07, 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 computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Wa Ora 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.
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
278 Waddington Drive, Naenae. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Operator financials
Source: Charities Services Annual Return
Frequently asked
- Is Wa Ora Montessori Preschool a free kindergarten?
- Wa Ora Montessori Preschool is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Wa Ora Montessori Preschool?
- 120 children attend Wa Ora Montessori Preschool (roll year 2025).
- Where is Wa Ora Montessori Preschool?
- 278 Waddington Drive Naenae Lower Hutt City
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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 #55391) ↗ · CC-BY 4.0 via data.govt.nz
- ERO reviews: ERO institution page ↗ · Crown copyright (reuse permitted with attribution)
- Financials (2024-12-31): Charities Services Annual Return ↗ · CC-BY 4.0 via charities.govt.nz
- 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.